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