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Definition(s) for: 勾心斗角

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
勾心斗角 gōu xīn dòu jiǎo - to fight and scheme against each other (idiom)
- (in palace construction) elaborate and refined

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
- - 27,826 35,903 19,319

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
勾 gōu- surname Gou
勾 gōu- to attract
- to arouse
- to tick
- to strike out
- to delineate
- to collude
- variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook
勾 gòu- used in 勾當|勾当[gou4dang4]
心 xīn- heart
- mind
- intention
- center
- core
- CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
斗 dǒu- abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]
斗 dǒu- dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]
- decaliter
- peck
- cup or dipper shaped object
- old variant of 陡[dou3]
斗 dòu- to fight
- to struggle
- to condemn
- to censure
- to contend
- to put together
- coming together
斗 dòu- variant of 鬭|斗[dou4]
斗 dòu- variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]
斗 dòu- variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]
角 jué- surname Jue
角 jiǎo- angle
- corner
- horn
- horn-shaped
- unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime)
- CL:個|个[ge4]
角 jué- role (theater)
- to compete
- ancient three legged wine vessel
- third note of pentatonic scale

Other Words Containing 勾心斗角

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
勾心斗角 - - 27,826 35,903 19,319