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Definition(s) for: 身败名裂

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
身败名裂 shēn bài míng liè - to lose one's standing
- to have one's reputation swept away
- a complete defeat and fall from grace

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
- - 24,791 50,758 45,839

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
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
bài- to defeat
- to damage
- to lose (to an opponent)
- to fail
- to wither
míng- name
- noun (part of speech)
- place (e.g. among winners)
- famous
- classifier for people
liè- to split
- to crack
- to break open
- to rend

Other Words Containing 身败名裂

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
身败名裂 - - 24,791 50,758 45,839