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Definition(s) for: 鱼龙混杂

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
鱼龙混杂 yú lóng hùn zá - lit. fish and dragons mixed in together (idiom); fig. crooks mixed in with the honest folk

List Ranking:

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 53,135 37,580 41,956

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- surname Yu
- fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3])
- used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bao4yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1yu2])
lóng- surname Long
lóng- Chinese dragon; loong
- (fig.) emperor
- dragon
- (bound form) dinosaur
hún- muddy; turbid (variant of 渾|浑[hun2])
- brainless; foolish (variant of 渾|浑[hun2])
- Taiwan pr. [hun4]
hùn- to mix
- to mingle
- muddled
- to drift along
- to muddle along
- to pass for
- to get along with sb
- thoughtless
- reckless
- variant of 雜|杂[za2]
- mixed
- miscellaneous
- various
- to mix

Other Words Containing 鱼龙混杂

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
鱼龙混杂 - - 53,135 37,580 41,956