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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 灰飞烟灭
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 灰飞烟灭 | huī fēi yān miè | - lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom) - fig. to be annihilated - to vanish in a puff of smoke |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 20,327 | 34,338 | 20,296 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 灰 | huī | - ash - dust - lime - gray - discouraged; dejected |
| 飞 | fēi | - to fly |
| 烟 | yān | - cigarette or pipe tobacco - CL:根[gen1] - smoke - mist - vapour - CL:縷|缕[lu:3] - tobacco plant - (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke |
| 烟 | yān | - tobacco (variant of 煙|烟[yan1]) |
| 灭 | miè | - to extinguish or put out - to go out (of a fire etc) - to exterminate or wipe out - to drown |
Other Words Containing 灰飞烟灭
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 灰飞烟灭 | - | - | 20,327 | 34,338 | 20,296 |