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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 水落石出
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 水落石出 | shuǐ luò - shí chū | - lit. as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom) - fig. the truth comes to light |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 8 | 13,590 | 30,042 | 41,565 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 水 | shuǐ | - surname Shui |
| 水 | shuǐ | - water - (after a name) ... River - to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) - (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy - (bound form) additional cost; extra income - classifier for washings of a garment |
| 落 | là | - to leave out - to be missing - to leave behind or forget to bring - to lag or fall behind |
| 落 | lào | - colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds |
| 落 | luò | - to fall or drop - (of the sun) to set - (of a tide) to go out - to lower - to decline or sink - to lag or fall behind - to fall onto - to rest with - to get or receive - to write down - whereabouts - settlement |
| 石 | shí | - surname Shi - abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2jia1zhuang1], the capital of Hebei |
| 石 | dàn | - dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters - ancient pr. [shi2] |
| 石 | shí | - rock - stone - stone inscription - one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] |
| 出 | 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 |
| 出 | chū | - variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) |
Other Words Containing 水落石出
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 水落石出 | - | 8 | 13,590 | 30,042 | 41,565 |