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Definition(s) for: 搬弄是非

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
搬弄是非 bān nòng shì fēi - to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people
- to tell tales
- to make mischief

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
- - 37,290 65,010 31,608

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
bān- to move (i.e. relocate oneself)
- to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky)
- to shift
- to copy indiscriminately
lòng- lane
- alley
nòng- to do
- to manage
- to handle
- to play with
- to fool with
- to mess with
- to fix
- to toy with
nòng- old variant of 弄[nong4]
lòng- variant of 弄[long4]
shì- to be (followed by substantives only)
- correct; right; true
- (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
- (adverb for emphatic assertion)
shì- variant of 是[shi4]
fēi- abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa
fēi- to not be; not
- wrong; incorrect
- non-; un-; in-; de-
- to reproach; to blame
- (coll.) to insist on; simply must

Other Words Containing 搬弄是非

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
搬弄是非 - - 37,290 65,010 31,608