名落孙山(míng luò sūn shān): lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孙山…
4 charactersTrad. 名落孫山
lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孙山…
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- míng luò sūn shān
- Meaning
- lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孙山 (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom)
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 名落孫山
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 名落孙山 — tap one to open its word page.
chū出míng名
HSK 6well-known for sth
nì匿míng名
HSK 7-9anonymous
yī一wén文bù不míng名
to be penniless
yī一jǔ举chéng成míng名
(idiom) to become famous in one stroke; to shoot to fame (originally referred to passin…
bù不kě可míng名zhuàng状
indescribable
bù不míng名yī一wén文
without a penny to one's name
bù不míng名yī一qián钱
to be penniless
jiǔ久wén闻dà大míng名
your name has been known to me for a long time (polite)
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