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Definition(s) for: 雨后春笋

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
雨后春笋 yǔ hòu chūn sǔn - lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth
- many new things emerge in rapid succession

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
- - 96,706 28,704 42,256

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- rain
- CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]
- (literary) to rain
- (of rain, snow etc) to fall
- to precipitate
- to wet
hòu- surname Hou
hòu- empress
- queen
- (archaic) monarch
- ruler
hòu- back
- behind
- rear
- afterwards
- after
- later
- post-
chūn- surname Chun
chūn- spring (season)
- gay
- joyful
- youthful
- love
- lust
- life
chūn- old variant of 春[chun1]
sǔn- bamboo shoot

Other Words Containing 雨后春笋

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
雨后春笋 - - 96,706 28,704 42,256