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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 光宗耀祖

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
光宗耀祖 guāng zōng yào zǔ - to bring honor to one's ancestors

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
- - 57,974 74,056 60,379

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
guāng- light; ray (CL:道[dao4])
- bright; shiny
- only; merely
- used up; finished
- to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
zōng- surname Zong
zōng- school
- sect
- purpose
- model
- ancestor
- clan
- to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work)
- classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs
耀 yào- brilliant
- glorious
- surname Zu
- ancestor
- forefather
- grandparents

Other Words Containing 光宗耀祖

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
光宗耀祖 - - 57,974 74,056 60,379