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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 众人拾柴火焰高
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 众人拾柴火焰高 | zhòng rén shí chái huǒ yàn gāo | - lit. when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (proverb) - fig. the more people, the more strength |
List Ranking for: 众人拾柴火焰高
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 61,771 | 81,369 | 58,824 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 众 | zhòng | - abbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhong4 yi4 yuan4], House of Representatives |
| 众 | zhòng | - (bound form) crowd; multitude - (bound form) many; numerous |
| 众 | zhòng | - variant of 眾|众[zhong4] |
| 人 | rén | - person; people - CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] |
| 拾 | shè | - to ascend in light steps |
| 拾 | shí | - to pick up - to collate or arrange - ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral) |
| 柴 | chái | - surname Chai |
| 柴 | chái | - firewood - lean (of meat) - thin (of a person) |
| 火 | huǒ | - surname Huo |
| 火 | huǒ | - fire - urgent - ammunition - fiery or flaming - internal heat (Chinese medicine) - hot (popular) - classifier for military units (old) - Kangxi radical 86 |
| 焰 | yàn | - flame |
| 焰 | yàn | - variant of 焰[yan4] |
| 高 | gāo | - surname Gao |
| 高 | gāo | - high - tall - above average - loud - your (honorific) |
Other Words Containing 众人拾柴火焰高
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 (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 众人拾柴火焰高 | - | - | 61,771 | 81,369 | 58,824 |