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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 大惊失色

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
大惊失色 dà jīng shī sè - to turn pale with fright (idiom)

List Ranking for: 大惊失色

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 62,029 31,894 41,432

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
大 dà- big; large; great
- older (than another person)
- eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3])
- greatly; freely; fully
- (dialect) father
- (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
大 dài- see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
惊 jīng- to startle
- to be frightened
- to be scared
- alarm
失 shī- to lose
- to miss
- to fail
色 sè- color
- CL:種|种[zhong3]
- look
- appearance
- sex
色 shǎi- (coll.) color
- used in 色子[shai3zi5]

Other Words Containing 大惊失色

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 (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
大惊失色 - - 62,029 31,894 41,432