名落孙山 míngluòsūnshān to fail an exam Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 名落孙山 名落孫山 míngluòsūnshān to fail an exam (idiom) to fail an exam or a competition; literally "to fall behind 孙山 sūnshān", a scholar who came in last on the imperial exam list. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.030 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.276 per million Cross-References See 孙山 sūnshānAntonym 名列前茅 mínglièqiánmáo Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
名落孙山 名落孫山 míngluòsūnshān to fail an exam (idiom) to fail an exam or a competition; literally "to fall behind 孙山 sūnshān", a scholar who came in last on the imperial exam list. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.030 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.276 per million Cross-References See 孙山 sūnshānAntonym 名列前茅 mínglièqiánmáo Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
