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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 口诛笔伐
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 口诛笔伐 | kǒu zhū bǐ fá | - to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom) - to denounce by word and pen |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 59,352 | 48,881 | 52,614 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 口 | kǒu | - mouth - classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) - classifier for bites or mouthfuls |
| 诛 | zhū | - to put (a criminal) to death - to punish |
| 笔 | bǐ | - pen - pencil - writing brush - to write or compose - the strokes of Chinese characters - classifier for sums of money, deals - CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1] |
| 伐 | fá | - to cut down - to fell - to dispatch an expedition against - to attack - to boast - Taiwan pr. [fa1] |
Other Words Containing 口诛笔伐
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 口诛笔伐 | - | - | 59,352 | 48,881 | 52,614 |