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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
kǒu- mouth
- classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
- classifier for bites or mouthfuls
zhū- to put (a criminal) to death
- to punish
- pen
- pencil
- writing brush
- to write or compose
- the strokes of Chinese characters
- classifier for sums of money, deals
- CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]
- 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