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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 反唇相讥

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
反唇相讥 fǎn chún - xiāng jī - (idiom) to answer back sarcastically; to retort

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
- - 49,595 60,537 74,262

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
反 fǎn- contrary
- in reverse
- inside out or upside down
- to reverse
- to return
- to oppose
- opposite
- against
- anti-
- to rebel
- to use analogy
- instead
- abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
唇 chún- lip
唇 chún- variant of 唇[chun2]
相 xiāng- surname Xiang
相 xiāng- each other
- one another
- mutually
- fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])
相 xiàng- appearance
- portrait
- picture
- government minister
- (physics) phase
- (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features)
- to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
讥 jī- to ridicule

Other Words Containing 反唇相讥

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
反唇相讥 - - 49,595 60,537 74,262