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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 绵里藏针
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 绵里藏针 | mián lǐ cáng zhēn | - lit. a needle concealed in silk floss (idiom) - fig. ruthless character behind a gentle appearance - a wolf in sheep's clothing - an iron fist in a velvet glove |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 76,578 | 99,770 | 73,835 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 绵 | mián | - silk floss - continuous - soft - weak - mild-mannered (dialect) |
| 绵 | mián | - old variant of 綿|绵[mian2] - cotton |
| 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 |
| 针 | zhēn | - needle - pin - injection - stitch - CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1] |
| 针 | zhēn | - variant of 針|针[zhen1], needle |
Other Words Containing 绵里藏针
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 绵里藏针 | - | - | 76,578 | 99,770 | 73,835 |