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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 腥风血雨

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
腥风血雨 xīng fēng xuè yǔ - lit. foul wind and bloody rain (idiom)
- fig. reign of terror
- carnage

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
- - 72,433 57,517 41,718

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
xīng- fishy (smell)
fēng- wind
- news
- style
- custom
- manner
- CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
xiě- see 血[xue4]
xuè- blood
- colloquial pr. [xie3]
- CL:滴[di1],片[pian4]
- rain
- CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]
- (literary) to rain
- (of rain, snow etc) to fall
- to precipitate
- to wet

Other Words Containing 腥风血雨

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
腥风血雨 - - 72,433 57,517 41,718