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Definition(s) for: 昂首挺胸

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
昂首挺胸 áng shǒu tǐng xiōng - head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits
- in fine mettle (of animal)

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
- - 35,315 52,236 34,036

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
áng- to lift
- to raise
- to raise one's head
- high
- high spirits
- soaring
- expensive
shǒu- head
- chief
- first (occasion, thing etc)
- classifier for poems, songs etc
tǐng- straight
- erect
- to stick out (a part of the body)
- to (physically) straighten up
- to support
- to withstand
- outstanding
- (coll.) quite
- very
- classifier for machine guns
xiōng- chest
- bosom
- heart
- mind
- thorax
xiōng- variant of 胸[xiong1]

Other Words Containing 昂首挺胸

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
昂首挺胸 - - 35,315 52,236 34,036