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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 溜须拍马
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 溜须拍马 | liū xū pāi mǎ | - to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants - to toady - boot-licking |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 65,107 | 80,069 | 47,497 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 溜 | liū | - to slip away - to escape in stealth - to skate |
| 溜 | liù | - swift current; rapids - (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled; proficient; (of movements) quick; speedy - (bound form) rain runoff from a roof - (bound form) roof gutter - classifier for rows, lines etc - surroundings; neighborhood - (dialect) to practice - (dialect) to plaster; to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc) |
| 须 | xū | - must - to have to - to wait |
| 须 | xū | - beard - mustache - feeler (of an insect etc) - tassel |
| 拍 | pāi | - to pat - to clap - to slap - to swat - to take (a photo) - to shoot (a film) - racket (sports) - beat (music) |
| 马 | mǎ | - surname Ma - abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3lai2xi1ya4] |
| 马 | mǎ | - horse - CL:匹[pi3] - horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess - knight in Western chess |
Other Words Containing 溜须拍马
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 溜须拍马 | - | - | 65,107 | 80,069 | 47,497 |