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Definition(s) for: 过五关斩六将

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
过五关斩六将 guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng - lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom)
- fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)

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
- - 67,390 82,449 73,795

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
guō- surname Guo
guò- to cross
- to go over
- to pass (time)
- to celebrate (a holiday)
- to live
- to get along
- excessively
- too-
guo- (experienced action marker)
- five
- 5
guān- surname Guan
guān- mountain pass
- to close; to shut; to turn off
- to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc)
- to concern; to involve
zhǎn- to behead (as form of capital punishment)
- to chop
liù- six
- 6
jiāng- will
- shall
- to use
- to take
- to checkmate
- just a short while ago
- (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
jiàng- (bound form) a general
- (literary) to command; to lead
- (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
qiāng- to desire
- to invite
- to request

Other Words Containing 过五关斩六将

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
过五关斩六将 - - 67,390 82,449 73,795