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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 海枯石烂
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 海枯石烂 | hǎi kū - shí làn | - lit. until the seas dry up and stones go soft (idiom) - fig. forever; until the end of time |
List Ranking for: 海枯石烂
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 41,411 | 39,198 | 16,228 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 海 | hǎi | - surname Hai |
| 海 | hǎi | - ocean - sea - CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] - great number of people or things - (dialect) numerous |
| 枯 | kū | - (of plants) withered - (of wells, rivers, etc) dried up - (bound form) dull; boring - (bound form) residue of pressed oilseeds |
| 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] |
| 烂 | làn | - soft; mushy - well-cooked and soft - to rot; to decompose - rotten - worn out - chaotic; messy - utterly; thoroughly - crappy; bad |
Other Words Containing 海枯石烂
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 (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 海枯石烂 | - | - | 41,411 | 39,198 | 16,228 |