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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 骑虎难下
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 骑虎难下 | qí hǔ nán xià | - if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 33,153 | 57,881 | 58,589 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 骑 | jì | - (Tw) saddle horse - mounted soldier |
| 骑 | qí | - to sit astride - to ride (a horse, bike etc) - classifier for saddle horses |
| 虎 | hǔ | - tiger - CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
| 难 | nán | - difficult (to...) - problem - difficulty - difficult - not good |
| 难 | nàn | - disaster - distress - to scold |
| 下 | xià | - down - downwards - below - lower - later - next (week etc) - second (of two parts) - to decline - to go down - to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) - measure word to show the frequency of an action |
Other Words Containing 骑虎难下
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 骑虎难下 | - | - | 33,153 | 57,881 | 58,589 |