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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 鸡蛋里挑骨头
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 鸡蛋里挑骨头 | jī dàn li tiāo gǔ tou | - to look for bones in an egg - to find fault - to nitpick (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 85,161 | 49,913 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 鸡 | jī | - fowl - chicken - CL:隻|只[zhi1] - (slang) prostitute |
| 蛋 | dàn | - variant of 蜑[Dan4] |
| 蛋 | dàn | - egg - CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2] - oval-shaped thing |
| 里 | lǐ | - Li (surname) |
| 里 | lǐ | - li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m - neighborhood - ancient administrative unit of 25 families - (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels |
| 里 | lǐ | - variant of 裡|里[li3] |
| 里 | lǐ | - lining - interior - inside - internal - also written 裏|里[li3] |
| 挑 | tiāo | - to carry on a shoulder pole - to choose - to pick - to nitpick |
| 挑 | tiǎo | - to raise - to dig up - to poke - to prick - to incite - to stir up |
| 骨 | gū | - used in 骨碌碌[gu1lu4lu4] - used in 骨碌[gu1lu5] |
| 骨 | gǔ | - bone |
| 头 | tóu | - head - hair style - the top - end - beginning or end - a stub - remnant - chief - boss - side - aspect - first - leading - classifier for pigs or livestock - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 头 | tou | - suffix for nouns |
Other Words Containing 鸡蛋里挑骨头
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| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
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