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Definition(s) for: 龙生九子

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
龙生九子 lóng shēng jiǔ zǐ - lit. the dragon has nine sons (idiom); fig. all kinds of characters
- good and bad intermingled
- It takes all sorts to make a world.

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
- - - - 61,110

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
lóng- surname Long
lóng- Chinese dragon; loong
- (fig.) emperor
- dragon
- (bound form) dinosaur
shēng- to be born
- to give birth
- life
- to grow
- raw
- uncooked
- student
jiǔ- nine
- 9
- son
- child
- seed
- egg
- small thing
- 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
- viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]
- ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
- subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
zi- (noun suffix)

Other Words Containing 龙生九子

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo