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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 拈花惹草
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 拈花惹草 | niān huā rě cǎo | - lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) - fig. to womanize - to frequent brothels - to sow one's wild oats |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 57,394 | 30,334 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 拈 | niān | - to nip - to grasp with the fingers - to fiddle with - Taiwan pr. [nian2] |
| 花 | huā | - surname Hua |
| 花 | huā | - flower - blossom - CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4] - fancy pattern - florid - to spend (money, time) - (coll.) lecherous - lustful |
| 花 | huā | - old variant of 花[hua1] |
| 花 | huā | - variant of 花[hua1] - flower - blossom - also pr. [wei3] |
| 惹 | rě | - to provoke - to irritate - to vex - to stir up - to anger - to attract (troubles) - to cause (problems) |
| 草 | cǎo | - grass - straw - manuscript - draft (of a document) - careless - rough - CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1] |
| 草 | cào | - variant of 肏[cao4] |
| 草 | cǎo | - variant of 草[cao3] |
Other Words Containing 拈花惹草
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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