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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 两 | liǎng | - two - both - some - a few - tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old) |
| 肋 | lèi | - rib - Taiwan pr. [le4] |
| 插 | chā | - to insert - stick in - pierce - to take part in - to interfere - to interpose |
| 插 | chā | - old variant of 插[cha1] |
| 刀 | dāo | - surname Dao |
| 刀 | 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 |