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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 挂羊头卖狗肉
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 挂羊头卖狗肉 | guà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu | - lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom) - fig. to cheat - dishonest advertising - wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 97,662 | 68,779 | 49,167 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 挂 | guà | - to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc) - to hang up (the phone) - (of a line) to be dead - to be worried; to be concerned - (dialect) to make a phone call - to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor) - (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) - classifier for sets or clusters of objects |
| 羊 | yáng | - surname Yang |
| 羊 | yáng | - sheep; goat - CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1] |
| 头 | 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] |
| 头 | tou | - suffix for nouns |
| 卖 | mài | - to sell - to betray - to spare no effort - to show off or flaunt |
| 狗 | gǒu | - dog - CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2] |
| 肉 | ròu | - meat - flesh - pulp (of a fruit) - (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy - (of a person) flabby - irresolute - Kangxi radical 130 |
Other Words Containing 挂羊头卖狗肉
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 挂羊头卖狗肉 | - | - | 97,662 | 68,779 | 49,167 |