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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 搜肠刮肚

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
搜肠刮肚 sōu cháng guā dù - to search one's guts and belly (idiom); to racks one's brains for a solution

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
- - - 98,077 82,754

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
搜 sōu- to search
- variant of 蒐|搜[sou1]
搜 sōu- (bound form) to collect; to gather
肠 cháng- intestines
肠 cháng- old variant of 腸|肠[chang2]
刮 guā- to scrape
- to blow
- to shave
- to plunder
- to extort
刮 guā- to blow (of the wind)
肚 dǔ- tripe
肚 dù- belly

Other Words Containing 搜肠刮肚

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo