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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 风烛残年
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 风烛残年 | fēng zhú cán nián | - one's late days - to have one foot in the grave |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 53,739 | 69,329 | 43,556 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 风 | fēng | - wind - news - style - custom - manner - CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1] |
| 烛 | zhú | - candle - (literary) to illuminate |
| 残 | cán | - to destroy - to spoil - to ruin - to injure - cruel - oppressive - savage - brutal - incomplete - disabled - to remain - to survive - remnant - surplus |
| 年 | nián | - surname Nian |
| 年 | nián | - year - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 年 | nián | - grain - harvest (old) - variant of 年[nian2] |
Other Words Containing 风烛残年
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 风烛残年 | - | - | 53,739 | 69,329 | 43,556 |