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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 笑里藏刀
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 笑里藏刀 | xiào lǐ cáng dāo | - lit. a dagger hidden in smiles (idiom); friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions - when the fox preaches, look to the geese |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 39,591 | 75,296 | 43,047 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 笑 | xiào | - to laugh; to smile - to laugh at |
| 笑 | xiào | - old variant of 笑[xiao4] |
| 里 | lǐ | - Li (surname) |
| 里 | lǐ | - li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m - neighborhood - ancient administrative unit of 25 families - (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels |
| 里 | lǐ | - variant of 裡|里[li3] |
| 里 | lǐ | - lining - interior - inside - internal - also written 裏|里[li3] |
| 藏 | zàng | - Tibet - abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏[Xi1 zang4] |
| 藏 | cáng | - to conceal - to hide away - to harbor - to store - to collect |
| 藏 | zàng | - storehouse - depository - Buddhist or Taoist scripture |
| 刀 | dāo | - surname Dao |
| 刀 | dāo | - knife - blade - single-edged sword - cutlass - CL:把[ba3] - (slang) dollar (loanword) - classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) - classifier for knife cuts or stabs |
Other Words Containing 笑里藏刀
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 笑里藏刀 | - | - | 39,591 | 75,296 | 43,047 |