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Definition(s) for: 抛头露面

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
抛头露面 pāo tóu lù miàn - to put oneself out in the public eye (said of sb for whom doing so is deemed unseemly)

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
- - 26,993 46,859 50,860

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
pāo- to throw
- to toss
- to fling
- to cast
- to abandon
tóu- head
- hair style
- the top
- end
- beginning or end
- a stub
- remnant
- chief
- boss
- side
- aspect
- first
- leading
- classifier for pigs or livestock
- CL:個|个[ge4]
tou- suffix for nouns
- surname Lu
lòu- to show
- to reveal
- to betray
- to expose
- dew
- syrup
- nectar
- outdoors (not under cover)
- to show
- to reveal
- to betray
- to expose
miàn- face
- side
- surface
- aspect
- top
- classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
miàn- variant of 麵|面[mian4]
miàn- flour
- noodles
- (of food) soft (not crunchy)
- (slang) (of a person) ineffectual
- spineless

Other Words Containing 抛头露面

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
抛头露面 - - 26,993 46,859 50,860