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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 以牙还牙

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
以牙还牙 yǐ yá huán yá - a tooth for a tooth (retaliation)

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
- - 11,634 54,098 39,349

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
- to use
- by means of
- according to
- in order to
- because of
- at (a certain date or place)
- old variant of 以[yi3]
- old variant of 以[yi3]
- tooth
- ivory
- CL:顆|颗[ke1]
huán- surname Huan
hái- still
- still in progress
- still more
- yet
- even more
- in addition
- fairly
- passably (good)
- as early as
- even
- also
- else
huán- to pay back
- to return
- tooth
- ivory
- CL:顆|颗[ke1]

Other Words Containing 以牙还牙

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
以牙还牙 - - 11,634 54,098 39,349