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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 草菅人命

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
草菅人命 cǎo jiān rén mìng - to have disregard for human life (idiom)

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
- - 39,148 68,104 39,669

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
cǎo- grass
- straw
- manuscript
- draft (of a document)
- careless
- rough
- CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
cào- variant of 肏[cao4]
cǎo- variant of 草[cao3]
jiān- (grass)
- Themeda forsbali
rén- person; people
- CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
mìng- life
- fate
- order or command
- to assign a name, title etc

Other Words Containing 草菅人命

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
草菅人命 - - 39,148 68,104 39,669