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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 两肋插刀

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
两肋插刀 liǎng lèi chā dāo - lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom)
- fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it

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
- - 26,673 59,994 32,024

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
liǎng- two
- both
- some
- a few
- tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
lèi- rib
- Taiwan pr. [le4]
chā- to insert
- stick in
- pierce
- to take part in
- to interfere
- to interpose
chā- old variant of 插[cha1]
dāo- surname Dao
dāo- knife
- blade
- single-edged sword
- cutlass
- CL:把[ba3]
- (slang) dollar (loanword)
- classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)
- classifier for knife cuts or stabs

Other Words Containing 两肋插刀

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
两肋插刀 - - 26,673 59,994 32,024