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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 捶胸顿足

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
捶胸顿足 chuí xiōng dùn zú - (idiom) to beat one's chest and stamp one's feet (in sorrow, anguish etc)

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
- - 57,451 55,719 32,478

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
chuí- to beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound
chuí- variant of 捶[chui2]
xiōng- chest
- bosom
- heart
- mind
- thorax
xiōng- variant of 胸[xiong1]
dùn- to stop
- to pause
- to arrange
- to lay out
- to kowtow
- to stamp (one's foot)
- at once
- classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
- excessive
- (bound form) foot; leg
- sufficient; ample
- as much as; fully

Other Words Containing 捶胸顿足

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
捶胸顿足 - - 57,451 55,719 32,478