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Definition(s) for: 劈头盖脸

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
劈头盖脸 pī tóu gài liǎn - lit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom); fig. pelting (with rain etc)
- showering down

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
- - 43,327 50,245 42,893

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- to hack
- to chop
- to split open
- (of lightning) to strike
- to split in two
- to divide
tóu- head
- hair style
- the top
- end
- beginning or end
- a stub
- remnant
- chief
- boss
- side
- aspect
- first
- leading
- classifier for pigs or livestock
- CL:個|个[ge4]
tou- suffix for nouns
- surname Ge
gài- lid
- top
- cover
- canopy
- to cover
- to conceal
- to build
liǎn- face
- CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]

Other Words Containing 劈头盖脸

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
劈头盖脸 - - 43,327 50,245 42,893