流星赶月 Chinese English dictionary 流星赶月 translate 流星赶月 pinyin

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流星赶月

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
流星赶月 liúxīnggǎnyuè	流星赶月 \| 流星赶月* \| *流星赶月	lit. a meteor catching up with the moon / swift action (idiom)	流星趕月

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
流	流 \| 流* \| *流	10画水氵氺 + 6	liú	flow, circulate, drift; class	lau4	3411.3 EYIU


星	星 \| 星* \| *星	9画日 + 5	xīng	a star, planet; any point of light; 25th lunar mansion, determinative star α Hydrae (Alphard)	sing1	6010.4 AHQM


赶	赶 \| 赶* \| *赶	10画走 + 3	gǎn, qián	pursue, follow; expel, drive away	gon2	趕 4280.4 GOMJ


月	月 \| 月* \| *月	4画月 + 0	yuè	moon; month; Kangxi radical 74	jyut6	7722.0 B

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
流星赶月 liúxīnggǎnyuè	流星赶月 \| 流星赶月* \| *流星赶月	lit. a meteor catching up with the moon / swift action (idiom)


流 liú	流 \| 流* \| *流	to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade


流星 liúxīng	流星 \| 流星* \| *流星	meteor; shooting star / meteor hammer (abbr. for 流星錘｜流星锤)


星　xīng	星 \| 星* \| *星	star / heavenly body / satellite / small amount


赶　　gǎn	赶 \| 赶* \| *赶	to overtake; to catch up with / to hurry; to rush / to try to catch (the bus etc) / to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away / to avail oneself of (an opportunity) / until; by (a certain time)


月　　　yuè	月 \| 月* \| *月	moon / month / monthly / CL: 個｜个, 輪｜轮