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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 苦肉计

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
苦肉计 kǔ ròu jì - the trick of injuring oneself to gain the enemy's confidence
- CL:條|条[tiao2]

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
- - 37,682 62,981 48,924

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- bitter
- hardship
- pain
- to suffer
- to bring suffering to
- painstakingly
ròu- meat
- flesh
- pulp (of a fruit)
- (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy
- (of a person) flabby
- irresolute
- Kangxi radical 130
- surname Ji
- to calculate
- to compute
- to count
- to regard as important
- to plan
- ruse
- meter
- gauge

Other Words Containing 苦肉计

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
苦肉计 - - 37,682 62,981 48,924