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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 一朝天子一朝臣

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
一朝天子一朝臣 yī cháo tiān zǐ yī cháo chén - new emperor, new officials (idiom)
- a new chief brings in new aides

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
- - - 98,791 63,319

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- one
- single
- a (article)
- as soon as
- entire; whole; all; throughout
- "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
- also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
cháo- abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Korea
cháo- imperial or royal court
- government
- dynasty
- reign of a sovereign or emperor
- court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor
- to make a pilgrimage to
- facing
- towards
zhāo- morning
tiān- day
- sky
- heaven
- son
- child
- seed
- egg
- small thing
- 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
- viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]
- ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
- subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
zi- (noun suffix)
- one
- single
- a (article)
- as soon as
- entire; whole; all; throughout
- "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
- also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
cháo- abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Korea
cháo- imperial or royal court
- government
- dynasty
- reign of a sovereign or emperor
- court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor
- to make a pilgrimage to
- facing
- towards
zhāo- morning
chén- surname Chen
chén- state official or subject in dynastic China
- I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign)
- Kangxi radical 131

Other Words Containing 一朝天子一朝臣

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo