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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 拆东墙补西墙
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 拆东墙补西墙 | chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng | - lit. to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall (saying) - fig. to rob Peter to pay Paul |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 77,400 | 66,334 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 拆 | chāi | - to tear open - to tear down - to tear apart - to open |
| 东 | dōng | - surname Dong |
| 东 | dōng | - east - host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) - landlord |
| 墙 | qiáng | - variant of 牆|墙[qiang2] |
| 墙 | qiáng | - wall (CL:面[mian4],堵[du3]) - (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被牆|被墙[bei4 qiang2]) |
| 补 | bǔ | - to repair - to patch - to mend - to make up for - to fill (a vacancy) - to supplement |
| 西 | xī | - the West - abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2] - Spanish |
| 西 | xī | - west |
| 墙 | qiáng | - variant of 牆|墙[qiang2] |
| 墙 | qiáng | - wall (CL:面[mian4],堵[du3]) - (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被牆|被墙[bei4 qiang2]) |
Other Words Containing 拆东墙补西墙
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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