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Definition(s) for: 闻风丧胆

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
闻风丧胆 wén fēng sàng dǎn - hear the wind and lose gall (idiom); terror-stricken at the news

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
- - 34,649 59,625 50,924

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
wén- surname Wen
wén- to hear
- news
- well-known
- famous
- reputation
- fame
- to smell
- to sniff at
fēng- wind
- news
- style
- custom
- manner
- CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
sāng- mourning
- funeral
- (old) corpse
sàng- to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc)
- to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc)
- to die
- disappointed
- discouraged
dǎn- gall bladder
- courage
- guts
- gall
- inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)

Other Words Containing 闻风丧胆

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
闻风丧胆 - - 34,649 59,625 50,924