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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 东拉西扯
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 东拉西扯 | dōng lā xī chě | - to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 70,890 | 56,111 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 东 | dōng | - surname Dong |
| 东 | dōng | - east - host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) - landlord |
| 拉 | lā | - to pull - to play (a bowed instrument) - to drag - to draw - to chat - (coll.) to empty one's bowels |
| 拉 | lá | - to make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slash |
| 拉 | là | - used in 拉拉蛄[la4la4gu3] - variant of 落[la4] |
| 西 | xī | - the West - abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2] - Spanish |
| 西 | xī | - west |
| 扯 | chě | - to pull - to tear - (of cloth, thread etc) to buy - to chat - to gossip - (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous - hokey |
| 扯 | chě | - variant of 扯[che3] - to pull - to tear |
Other Words Containing 东拉西扯
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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