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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 调虎离山
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 调虎离山 | diào hǔ lí shān | - to lure the tiger from its domain in the mountains (idiom) - to lure an enemy away from his territory |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 72,498 | 88,304 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 调 | diào | - to transfer - to move (troops or cadres) - to investigate - to enquire into - accent - view - argument - key (in music) - mode (music) - tune - tone - melody |
| 调 | tiáo | - to harmonize - to reconcile - to blend - to suit well - to adjust - to regulate - to season (food) - to provoke - to incite |
| 虎 | hǔ | - tiger - CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
| 离 | chī | - mythical beast (archaic) |
| 离 | lí | - surname Li |
| 离 | lí | - to leave - to part from - to be away from - (in giving distances) from - without (sth) - independent of - one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire - ☲ |
| 山 | shān | - surname Shan |
| 山 | shān | - mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4]) - (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on |
Other Words Containing 调虎离山
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 |
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