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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 红杏出墙
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 红杏出墙 | hóng xìng chū qiáng | - lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom) - fig. a wife having an illicit lover |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 49,607 | 29,380 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 红 | hóng | - surname Hong |
| 红 | gōng | - used in 女紅|女红[nu:3gong1] |
| 红 | hóng | - red - popular - revolutionary - bonus |
| 杏 | xìng | - apricot - (bound form) almond |
| 出 | chū | - to go out; to come out - to arise; to occur - to produce; to yield - to go beyond; to exceed - (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) - classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc |
| 出 | chū | - variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) |
| 墙 | qiáng | - variant of 牆|墙[qiang2] |
| 墙 | qiáng | - wall (CL:面[mian4],堵[du3]) - (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被牆|被墙[bei4 qiang2]) |
Other Words Containing 红杏出墙
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 |
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