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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 杀人如麻
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 杀人如麻 | shā rén - rú má | - lit. to kill people like scything flax (idiom) - fig. to kill people like flies |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 72,206 | 48,220 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 杀 | shā | - to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack - to weaken; to reduce - (dialect) to smart - (used after a verb) extremely |
| 人 | rén | - person; people - CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] |
| 如 | rú | - as - as if - such as |
| 麻 | má | - surname Ma |
| 麻 | má | - generic name for hemp, flax etc - hemp or flax fiber for textile materials - sesame - CL:縷|缕[lu:3] - (of materials) rough or coarse - pocked - pitted - to have pins and needles or tingling - to feel numb |
| 麻 | má | - hemp (variant of 麻[ma2]) |
Other Words Containing 杀人如麻
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 |
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