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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 摧枯拉朽

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)

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
- - 75,221 62,089 60,602

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
cuī- to break
- to destroy
- to devastate
- to ravage
- to repress
- (of plants) withered
- (of wells, rivers, etc) dried up
- (bound form) dull; boring
- (bound form) residue of pressed oilseeds
- to pull
- to play (a bowed instrument)
- to drag
- to draw
- to chat
- (coll.) to empty one's bowels
- to make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slash
- used in 拉拉蛄[la4la4gu3]
- variant of 落[la4]
xiǔ- rotten

Other Words Containing 摧枯拉朽

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