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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 风吹草动
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 风吹草动 | fēng chuī - cǎo dòng | - lit. grass stirring in the wind (idiom) - fig. the slightest whiff of trouble |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 24,989 | 33,225 | 31,559 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 风 | fēng | - wind - news - style - custom - manner - CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1] |
| 吹 | chuī | - to blow - to play a wind instrument - to blast - to puff - to boast - to brag - to end in failure - to fall through |
| 草 | cǎo | - grass - straw - manuscript - draft (of a document) - careless - rough - CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1] |
| 草 | cào | - variant of 肏[cao4] |
| 草 | cǎo | - variant of 草[cao3] |
| 动 | dòng | - (of sth) to move - to set in movement - to displace - to touch - to make use of - to stir (emotions) - to alter - abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb |
Other Words Containing 风吹草动
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 风吹草动 | - | - | 24,989 | 33,225 | 31,559 |