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Definition(s) for: 皮笑肉不笑

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
皮笑肉不笑 pí xiào ròu bù xiào - to put on a fake smile (idiom)
- to smile insincerely

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
- - - 52,482 29,504

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- surname Pi
- leather
- skin
- fur
- CL:張|张[zhang1]
- pico- (one trillionth)
- naughty
xiào- to laugh; to smile
- to laugh at
xiào- old variant of 笑[xiao4]
ròu- meat
- flesh
- pulp (of a fruit)
- (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy
- (of a person) flabby
- irresolute
- Kangxi radical 130
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
xiào- to laugh; to smile
- to laugh at
xiào- old variant of 笑[xiao4]

Other Words Containing 皮笑肉不笑

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo