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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 助纣为虐
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 助纣为虐 | zhù zhòu wéi nu:è | - lit. helping tyrant Zhou 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2] in his oppression (idiom) - fig. to take the side of the evildoer - giving succor to the enemy |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 46,098 | 60,055 | 41,476 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 助 | zhù | - to help - to assist |
| 纣 | zhòu | - Zhou, pejorative name given posthumously to the last king of the Shang dynasty, King Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 Wang2] (the name refers to a crupper 紂|纣[zhou4], the piece of horse tack most likely to be soiled by the horse) |
| 纣 | zhòu | - crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail) |
| 为 | wéi | - as (in the capacity of) - to take sth as - to act as - to serve as - to behave as - to become - to be - to do - by (in the passive voice) |
| 为 | wèi | - because of - for - to |
| 为 | wéi | - variant of 為|为[wei2] |
| 为 | wèi | - variant of 為|为[wei4] |
| 虐 | nu:è | - (bound form) brutal; oppressive; harsh - (literary) disaster; catastrophe |
Other Words Containing 助纣为虐
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 助纣为虐 | - | - | 46,098 | 60,055 | 41,476 |