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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 畏首畏尾
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 畏首畏尾 | wèi shǒu wèi wěi | - afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous - afraid of the slightest thing |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 35,894 | 59,578 | 39,797 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 畏 | wèi | - to fear |
| 首 | shǒu | - head - chief - first (occasion, thing etc) - classifier for poems, songs etc |
| 畏 | wèi | - to fear |
| 尾 | wěi | - tail - remainder - remnant - extremity - sixth of the 28 constellations - classifier for fish |
| 尾 | yǐ | - horse's tail - pointed posterior section of a locust etc |
Other Words Containing 畏首畏尾
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 畏首畏尾 | - | - | 35,894 | 59,578 | 39,797 |