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Definition(s) for: 朝生暮死

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
朝生暮死 zhāo shēng mù sǐ - lit. born in the morning and dying at dusk (idiom)
- fig. ephemeral
- transient

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
- - - - 70,069

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
cháo- abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Korea
cháo- imperial or royal court
- government
- dynasty
- reign of a sovereign or emperor
- court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor
- to make a pilgrimage to
- facing
- towards
zhāo- morning
shēng- to be born
- to give birth
- life
- to grow
- raw
- uncooked
- student
- evening
- sunset
- to die
- impassable
- uncrossable
- inflexible
- rigid
- extremely
- damned

Other Words Containing 朝生暮死

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