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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 眼中钉

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
眼中钉 yǎn zhōng dīng - a thorn in one's side

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
- - 19,708 49,148 59,131

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yǎn- eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1])
- (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance
- small hole
- (bound form) salient point
- classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
zhōng- (bound form) China; Chinese
- surname Zhong
zhōng- within; among; in
- middle; center
- while (doing sth); during
- (dialect) OK; all right
zhòng- to hit (the mark)
- to be hit by
- to suffer
- to win (a prize, a lottery)
dīng- nail
- to follow closely
- to keep at sb (to do sth)
- variant of 盯[ding1]
dìng- to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points
- to nail
- to pin
- to staple
- to sew on

Other Words Containing 眼中钉

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
眼中钉 - - 19,708 49,148 59,131