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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 为虎作伥
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 为虎作伥 | wèi hǔ - zuò chāng | - (idiom) to act as accomplice to the tiger; to help a villain do evil |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 61,366 | 79,861 | 60,760 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 为 | wéi | - as (in the capacity of) - to take sth as - to act as - to serve as - to behave as - to become - to be - to do - by (in the passive voice) |
| 为 | wèi | - because of - for - to |
| 为 | wéi | - variant of 為|为[wei2] |
| 为 | wèi | - variant of 為|为[wei4] |
| 虎 | hǔ | - tiger - CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
| 作 | zuō | - (bound form) worker - (bound form) workshop - (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) |
| 作 | zuò | - to do; to engage in - to write; to compose - to pretend; to feign - to regard as; to consider to be - to be; to act the part of - to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) - writings; works |
| 伥 | chāng | - (bound form) ghost of sb devoured by a tiger who helps the tiger devour others |
Other Words Containing 为虎作伥
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 为虎作伥 | - | - | 61,366 | 79,861 | 60,760 |