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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 身先士卒
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 身先士卒 | shēn xiān shì zú | - to fight at the head of one's troops - (fig.) to take the lead |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 50,948 | 45,960 | 57,732 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 身 | shēn | - body - life - oneself - personally - one's morality and conduct - the main part of a structure or body - pregnant - classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset - Kangxi radical 158 |
| 先 | xiān | - beforehand; first; earlier - at first; originally - for the time being; for now - (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) |
| 士 | shì | - surname Shi |
| 士 | shì | - member of the senior ministerial class (old) - scholar (old) - bachelor - honorific - soldier - noncommissioned officer - specialist worker |
| 卒 | cù | - variant of 猝[cu4] |
| 卒 | zú | - soldier - servant - to finish - to die - finally - at last - pawn in Chinese chess |
| 卒 | zú | - variant of 卒[zu2] |
Other Words Containing 身先士卒
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 身先士卒 | - | - | 50,948 | 45,960 | 57,732 |