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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 敲山震虎

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
敲山震虎 qiāo shān zhèn hǔ - a deliberate show of strength as a warning

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
- - - 86,062 74,701

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
qiāo- to hit
- to strike
- to tap
- to rap
- to knock
- to rip sb off
- to overcharge
shān- surname Shan
shān- mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4])
- (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
zhèn- to shake
- to vibrate
- to jolt
- to quake
- excited
- shocked
- one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder
- ☳
- tiger
- CL:隻|只[zhi1]

Other Words Containing 敲山震虎

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