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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 敲门砖
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 敲门砖 | qiāo mén zhuān | - lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient - to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 36,701 | 54,518 | 55,724 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 敲 | qiāo | - to hit - to strike - to tap - to rap - to knock - to rip sb off - to overcharge |
| 门 | mén | - surname Men |
| 门 | mén | - gate - door - CL:扇[shan4] - gateway - doorway - CL:個|个[ge4] - opening - valve - switch - way to do something - knack - family - house - (religious) sect - school (of thought) - class - category - phylum or division (taxonomy) - classifier for large guns - classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology - (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) |
| 砖 | zhuān | - variant of 甎|砖[zhuan1] |
| 砖 | zhuān | - variant of 磚|砖[zhuan1] |
| 砖 | zhuān | - brick - tile (floor or wall, not roof) - CL:塊|块[kuai4] |
Other Words Containing 敲门砖
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 敲门砖 | - | - | 36,701 | 54,518 | 55,724 |