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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 芒刺在背
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 芒刺在背 | máng cì zài bèi | - feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom) - uneasy and nervous - to be on pins and needles |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 42,551 | - | 102,931 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 芒 | máng | - awn (of cereals) - arista (of grain) - tip (of a blade) - Miscanthus sinensis (type of grass) - variant of 邙, Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan |
| 刺 | cī | - (onom.) whoosh |
| 刺 | cì | - thorn - sting - thrust - to prick - to pierce - to stab - to assassinate - to murder |
| 在 | zài | - to exist; to be alive - (of sb or sth) to be (located) at - (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 背 | bēi | - to be burdened - to carry on the back or shoulder |
| 背 | bèi | - the back of a body or object - to turn one's back - to hide something from - to learn by heart - to recite from memory - (slang) unlucky - hard of hearing |
| 背 | bēi | - variant of 背[bei1] |
Other Words Containing 芒刺在背
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 芒刺在背 | - | - | 42,551 | - | 102,931 |