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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 谈虎色变
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 谈虎色变 | tán hǔ - sè biàn | - lit. to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom) - fig. to be terrified at the thought (of it) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 93,274 | 85,915 | 90,896 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 谈 | tán | - surname Tan |
| 谈 | tán | - to speak - to talk - to converse - to chat - to discuss |
| 虎 | hǔ | - tiger - CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
| 色 | sè | - color - CL:種|种[zhong3] - look - appearance - sex |
| 色 | shǎi | - (coll.) color - used in 色子[shai3zi5] |
| 变 | biàn | - to change - to become different - to transform - to vary - rebellion |
Other Words Containing 谈虎色变
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 谈虎色变 | - | - | 93,274 | 85,915 | 90,896 |