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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 阳春白雪

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
阳春白雪 yáng chūn bái xuě - melodies of the elite in the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2]
- highbrow art and literature

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
- - 55,903 62,999 48,586

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
阳 yáng- positive (electric.)
- sun
- male principle (Taoism)
- Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1]
春 chūn- surname Chun
春 chūn- spring (season)
- gay
- joyful
- youthful
- love
- lust
- life
春 chūn- old variant of 春[chun1]
白 bái- surname Bai
白 bái- white
- snowy
- pure
- bright
- empty
- blank
- plain
- clear
- to make clear
- in vain
- gratuitous
- free of charge
- reactionary
- anti-communist
- funeral
- to stare coldly
- to write wrong character
- to state
- to explain
- vernacular
- spoken lines in opera
雪 xuě- surname Xue
雪 xuě- snow
- CL:場|场[chang2]
- (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)

Other Words Containing 阳春白雪

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
阳春白雪 - - 55,903 62,999 48,586