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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 雪上加霜
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 雪上加霜 | xuě shàng jiā shuāng | - (idiom) to make matters even worse - to add insult to injury |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 8 | 17,312 | 22,490 | 28,108 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 雪 | xuě | - surname Xue |
| 雪 | xuě | - snow - CL:場|场[chang2] - (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc) |
| 上 | shǎng | - used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1] |
| 上 | shàng | - (bound form) up; upper; above; previous - first (of multiple parts) - to climb; to get onto; to go up - to attend (class or university) - (directional complement) up - (noun suffix) on; above |
| 加 | jiā | - Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1na2da4]) - surname Jia |
| 加 | jiā | - to add - (math.) plus - to increase; to augment - (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1jia1 gai3liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)") |
| 霜 | shuāng | - frost - white powder or cream spread over a surface - frosting - (skin) cream |
Other Words Containing 雪上加霜
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 雪上加霜 | 6 | 8 | 17,312 | 22,490 | 28,108 |