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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 煞费苦心
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 煞费苦心 | shà fèi kǔ xīn | - to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking - at the cost of a lot of effort |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 33,795 | 37,972 | 47,421 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 煞 | shā | - to terminate - to cut short - to bring to a stop - to squeeze - to tighten - to damage - variant of 殺|杀[sha1] |
| 煞 | shà | - fiend - demon - very - (Tw) SARS (loanword) |
| 费 | fèi | - surname Fei |
| 费 | fèi | - to cost - to spend - fee - wasteful - expenses |
| 苦 | kǔ | - bitter - hardship - pain - to suffer - to bring suffering to - painstakingly |
| 心 | xīn | - heart - mind - intention - center - core - CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4] |
Other Words Containing 煞费苦心
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 煞费苦心 | - | - | 33,795 | 37,972 | 47,421 |