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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 抱大腿

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
抱大腿 bào dà tuǐ - (coll.) to cling to sb influential or famous

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
- - - 60,862 24,577

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
bào- to hold
- to carry (in one's arms)
- to hug
- to embrace
- to surround
- to cherish
- (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely
- big; large; great
- older (than another person)
- eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3])
- greatly; freely; fully
- (dialect) father
- (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
dài- see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
tuǐ- leg
- CL:條|条[tiao2]
tuǐ- hip bone
- old variant of 腿[tui3]

Other Words Containing 抱大腿

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