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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 灵丹妙药
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 灵丹妙药 | líng dān miào yào | - effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems - panacea - elixir |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 36,278 | 45,056 | 50,216 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 灵 | líng | - quick - alert - efficacious - effective - to come true - spirit - departed soul - coffin |
| 丹 | dān | - red - pellet - powder - cinnabar |
| 妙 | miào | - clever - wonderful |
| 妙 | miào | - variant of 妙[miao4] |
| 药 | yào | - leaf of the iris - variant of 藥|药[yao4] |
| 药 | yào | - medicine - drug - substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) - CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4] - to poison |
Other Words Containing 灵丹妙药
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 灵丹妙药 | - | - | 36,278 | 45,056 | 50,216 |