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Definition(s) for: 令人发指

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
令人发指 lìng rén fà zhǐ - (idiom) to make one feel a sense of revulsion; abhorrent; heinous; deeply disturbing

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
- - 20,586 33,610 18,448

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
líng- used in 脊令[ji2 ling2]
- used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])
lǐng- classifier for a ream of paper
lìng- to order
- to command
- an order
- warrant
- writ
- to cause
- to make sth happen
- virtuous
- honorific title
- season
- government position (old)
- type of short song or poem
rén- person; people
- CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- to send out
- to show (one's feeling)
- to issue
- to develop
- to make a bundle of money
- classifier for gunshots (rounds)
- hair
- Taiwan pr. [fa3]
zhǐ- finger
- to point at or to
- to indicate or refer to
- to depend on
- to count on
- (of hair) to stand on end

Other Words Containing 令人发指

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
令人发指 - - 20,586 33,610 18,448