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Definition(s) for: 告老还乡

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)

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
- - 55,113 82,459 52,416

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
gào- (bound form) to say; to tell
- to announce; to report
- to denounce
- to file a lawsuit; to sue
lǎo- prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
- old (of people)
- venerable (person)
- experienced
- of long standing
- always
- all the time
- of the past
- very
- outdated
- (of meat etc) tough
huán- surname Huan
hái- still
- still in progress
- still more
- yet
- even more
- in addition
- fairly
- passably (good)
- as early as
- even
- also
- else
huán- to pay back
- to return
xiāng- country or countryside
- native place
- home village or town
- township (PRC administrative unit)

Other Words Containing 告老还乡

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