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Definition(s) for: 凄风苦雨

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
凄风苦雨 qī fēng kǔ yǔ - lit. bleak wind and icy rain (idiom)
- fig. hardships; miserable circumstances

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
- - - 83,286 50,314

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- intense cold
- frigid
- dismal
- grim
- bleak
- sad
- mournful
- also written 淒|凄[qi1]
- variant of 淒|凄[qi1]
- sad
- mournful
- intense cold
- frigid
- dismal
- grim
- bleak
- sad
- mournful
fēng- wind
- news
- style
- custom
- manner
- CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
- bitter
- hardship
- pain
- to suffer
- to bring suffering to
- painstakingly
- rain
- CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]
- (literary) to rain
- (of rain, snow etc) to fall
- to precipitate
- to wet

Other Words Containing 凄风苦雨

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo