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Definition(s) for: 赶鸭子上架

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
赶鸭子上架 gǎn yā zi shàng jià - lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom)
- fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 86,807 59,768

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
gǎn- to overtake; to catch up with
- to hurry; to rush
- to try to catch (the bus etc)
- to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away
- to avail oneself of (an opportunity)
- until; by (a certain time)
- duck (CL:隻|只[zhi1])
- (slang) male prostitute
- son
- child
- seed
- egg
- small thing
- 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
- viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]
- ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
- subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
zi- (noun suffix)
shǎng- used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
shàng- (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
- first (of multiple parts)
- to climb; to get onto; to go up
- to attend (class or university)
- (directional complement) up
- (noun suffix) on; above
jià- to support
- frame
- rack
- framework
- classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc

Other Words Containing 赶鸭子上架

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo