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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 马革裹尸

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
马革裹尸 mǎ gé guǒ shī - to be buried in a horse hide (idiom)
- to give one's life on the battlefield

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
- - 79,427 - 70,242

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- surname Ma
- abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3lai2xi1ya4]
- horse
- CL:匹[pi3]
- horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
- knight in Western chess
- animal hide
- leather
- to reform
- to remove
- to expel (from office)
guǒ- to wrap around
- bundle; parcel; package
- to press into service; to pressgang; to make off with (sth)
shī- (literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies)
- (literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution)
- corpse (variant of 屍|尸[shi1])
shī- (bound form) corpse

Other Words Containing 马革裹尸

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
马革裹尸 - - 79,427 - 70,242