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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 救命稻草

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
救命稻草 jiù mìng dào cǎo - (one's) last straw to clutch at; one's last hope

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
- - - 39,549 37,127

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
jiù- to save
- to assist
- to rescue
jiù- variant of 救[jiu4]
mìng- life
- fate
- order or command
- to assign a name, title etc
dào- paddy
- rice (Oryza sativa)
cǎo- grass
- straw
- manuscript
- draft (of a document)
- careless
- rough
- CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
cào- variant of 肏[cao4]
cǎo- variant of 草[cao3]

Other Words Containing 救命稻草

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