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Definition(s) for: 太阳从西边出来

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
太阳从西边出来 tài yáng cóng xī biān chū lái - lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom)
- fig. hell freezes over
- pigs can fly

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 103,221 58,207

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
tài- highest
- greatest
- too (much)
- very
- extremely
yáng- positive (electric.)
- sun
- male principle (Taoism)
- Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1]
cóng- variant of 從|从[cong2]
cóng- surname Cong
cóng- from; through; via
- (bound form) to follow
- (bound form) to obey
- (bound form) to engage in (an activity)
- (used before a negative) ever
- (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant
- (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate
- (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
西 - the West
- abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]
- Spanish
西 - west
biān- side
- edge
- margin
- border
- boundary
- CL:個|个[ge4]
- simultaneously
bian- suffix of a noun of locality
chū- to go out; to come out
- to arise; to occur
- to produce; to yield
- to go beyond; to exceed
- (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
- classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
chū- variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)
lái- to come
- (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
- hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5])
- ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2])
- for the past (amount of time)
- (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4])
- (between two verbs) in order to
- (after a round number) approximately
- (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2])

Other Words Containing 太阳从西边出来

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