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Definition(s) for: 刀枪不入

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
刀枪不入 dāo qiāng bù rù - lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom)
- fig. invulnerable
- untouchable
- thick-skinned
- impervious to criticism

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
- - 17,852 42,623 20,759

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
dāo- surname Dao
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
qiāng- surname Qiang
qiāng- gun
- firearm
- rifle
- spear
- thing with shape or function similar to a gun
- CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3],桿|杆[gan3],條|条[tiao2],枝[zhi1]
- to substitute for another person in a test
- to knock
- classifier for rifle shots
qiāng- variant of 槍|枪[qiang1]
- rifle
- spear
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
- to enter; to go into
- to join; to become a member of
- (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4shi2])
- abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4sheng1]
- (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri")

Other Words Containing 刀枪不入

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
刀枪不入 - - 17,852 42,623 20,759