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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 青红皂白

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
青红皂白 qīng hóng zào bái - the rights and wrongs of a matter (idiom)

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
- - 51,086 - 94,302

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
qīng- abbr. for 青海[Qing1 hai3], Qinghai Province
qīng- green
- blue
- black
- youth
- young (of people)
hóng- surname Hong
gōng- used in 女紅|女红[nu:3gong1]
hóng- red
- popular
- revolutionary
- bonus
zào- soap
- black
bái- surname Bai
bái- white
- snowy
- pure
- bright
- empty
- blank
- plain
- clear
- to make clear
- in vain
- gratuitous
- free of charge
- reactionary
- anti-communist
- funeral
- to stare coldly
- to write wrong character
- to state
- to explain
- vernacular
- spoken lines in opera

Other Words Containing 青红皂白

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
青红皂白 - - 51,086 - 94,302