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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 长江后浪推前浪
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 长江后浪推前浪 | cháng jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng | - lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom) - fig. the new is constantly replacing the old - each new generation excels the previous - (of things) to be constantly evolving |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 57,016 | 37,069 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 长 | cháng | - length - long - forever - always - constantly |
| 长 | zhǎng | - chief - head - elder - to grow - to develop - to increase - to enhance |
| 江 | jiāng | - surname Jiang |
| 江 | jiāng | - river - CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4] |
| 后 | hòu | - surname Hou |
| 后 | hòu | - empress - queen - (archaic) monarch - ruler |
| 后 | hòu | - back - behind - rear - afterwards - after - later - post- |
| 浪 | làng | - wave - breaker - unrestrained - dissipated - to stroll - to ramble |
| 推 | tuī | - to push - to cut - to refuse - to reject - to decline - to shirk (responsibility) - to put off - to delay - to push forward - to nominate - to elect - massage |
| 前 | qián | - front - forward - ahead - first - top (followed by a number) - future - ago - before - BC (e.g. 前293年) - former - formerly |
| 浪 | làng | - wave - breaker - unrestrained - dissipated - to stroll - to ramble |
Other Words Containing 长江后浪推前浪
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 |
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