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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 如鲠在喉
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 如鲠在喉 | rú gěng zài hóu | - lit. as if having a fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom) - fig. very upset and needing to express one's displeasure |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 92,877 | 68,737 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 如 | rú | - as - as if - such as |
| 鲠 | gěng | - to choke on a piece of food |
| 鲠 | gěng | - to choke on a piece of food - (literary) a fish bone lodged in one's throat |
| 在 | zài | - to exist; to be alive - (of sb or sth) to be (located) at - (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 喉 | hóu | - throat - larynx |
Other Words Containing 如鲠在喉
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 |
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