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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 罪魁祸首
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 罪魁祸首 | zuì kuí - huò shǒu | - (idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 8 | 13,316 | 22,678 | 22,305 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 罪 | zuì | - guilt - crime - fault - blame - sin |
| 罪 | zuì | - variant of 罪[zui4], crime |
| 魁 | kuí | - chief - head - outstanding - exceptional - stalwart |
| 祸 | huò | - old variant of 禍|祸[huo4] |
| 祸 | huò | - disaster - misfortune - calamity |
| 首 | shǒu | - head - chief - first (occasion, thing etc) - classifier for poems, songs etc |
Other Words Containing 罪魁祸首
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 罪魁祸首 | - | 8 | 13,316 | 22,678 | 22,305 |