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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 虎视眈眈

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
虎视眈眈 hǔ shì - dān dān - lit. to fix one's eyes on sth like a tiger watching its prey (idiom)
- fig. to eye covetously

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
- - 20,098 28,672 29,542

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
虎 hǔ- tiger
- CL:隻|只[zhi1]
视 shì- variant of 視|视[shi4]
- variant of 示[shi4]
视 shì- old variant of 視|视[shi4]
视 shì- (literary, or bound form) to look at
眈 dān- used in 眈眈[dan1dan1]
眈 dān- used in 眈眈[dan1dan1]

Other Words Containing 虎视眈眈

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
虎视眈眈 - - 20,098 28,672 29,542