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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 挑大梁

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
挑大梁 tiǎo dà liáng - to play a leading role
- to bear a heavy responsibility

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
- - 37,783 53,054 52,284

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
tiāo- to carry on a shoulder pole
- to choose
- to pick
- to nitpick
tiǎo- to raise
- to dig up
- to poke
- to prick
- to incite
- to stir up
- 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]
liáng- Liang Dynasty (502-557)
- Later Liang Dynasty (907-923)
- surname Liang
liáng- roof beam
- beam (structure)
- bridge
liáng- variant of 梁[liang2]

Other Words Containing 挑大梁

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
挑大梁 - - 37,783 53,054 52,284