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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 愁眉苦脸

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
愁眉苦脸 chóu méi kǔ liǎn - to look anxious (idiom)
- to look miserable

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
- 9 - 34,831 23,912

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
愁 chóu- to worry about
眉 méi- eyebrow
- upper margin
苦 kǔ- bitter
- hardship
- pain
- to suffer
- to bring suffering to
- painstakingly
脸 liǎn- face
- CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]

Other Words Containing 愁眉苦脸

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