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Definition(s) for: 长江后浪推前浪

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
长江后浪推前浪 cháng jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng - lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom)
- fig. the new is constantly replacing the old
- each new generation excels the previous
- (of things) to be constantly evolving

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
- - - 57,016 37,069

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
cháng- length
- long
- forever
- always
- constantly
zhǎng- chief
- head
- elder
- to grow
- to develop
- to increase
- to enhance
jiāng- surname Jiang
jiāng- river
- CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]
hòu- surname Hou
hòu- empress
- queen
- (archaic) monarch
- ruler
hòu- back
- behind
- rear
- afterwards
- after
- later
- post-
làng- wave
- breaker
- unrestrained
- dissipated
- to stroll
- to ramble
tuī- to push
- to cut
- to refuse
- to reject
- to decline
- to shirk (responsibility)
- to put off
- to delay
- to push forward
- to nominate
- to elect
- massage
qián- front
- forward
- ahead
- first
- top (followed by a number)
- future
- ago
- before
- BC (e.g. 前293年)
- former
- formerly
làng- wave
- breaker
- unrestrained
- dissipated
- to stroll
- to ramble

Other Words Containing 长江后浪推前浪

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