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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 围魏救赵
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 围魏救赵 | wéi wèi jiù zhào | - lit. to besiege 魏[Wei4] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhao4] (idiom) - fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 90,855 | 74,848 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 围 | wéi | - surname Wei |
| 围 | wéi | - to encircle - to surround - all around - to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl) |
| 魏 | wèi | - surname Wei - name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States - Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1], one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty - the Wei dynasty 221-265 - Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history |
| 魏 | wèi | - tower over a palace gateway (old) |
| 救 | jiù | - to save - to assist - to rescue |
| 救 | jiù | - variant of 救[jiu4] |
| 赵 | zhào | - surname Zhao - one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476-220 BC) - the Former Zhao 前趙|前赵[Qian2 Zhao4] (304-329) and Later Zhao 後趙|后赵[Hou4 Zhao4] (319-350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms |
| 赵 | zhào | - to surpass (old) |
Other Words Containing 围魏救赵
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| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
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