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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 食指大动

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
食指大动 shí zhǐ - dà dòng - (idiom) to be excited to dig into the delicious food

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
- - - 85,732 56,766

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shí- to eat
- food
- animal feed
- eclipse
- to feed (a person or animal)
zhǐ- finger
- to point at or to
- to indicate or refer to
- to depend on
- to count on
- (of hair) to stand on end
- big; large; great
- older (than another person)
- eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3])
- greatly; freely; fully
- (dialect) father
- (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
dài- see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
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 食指大动

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo