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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 东窗事发
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 东窗事发 | dōng chuāng shì fā | - (of a plot etc) to be exposed (idiom) - to come to light |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 39,542 | 47,713 | 57,664 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 东 | dōng | - surname Dong |
| 东 | dōng | - east - host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) - landlord |
| 窗 | chuāng | - window - CL:扇[shan4] |
| 窗 | chuāng | - old variant of 窗[chuang1] |
| 窗 | chuāng | - variant of 窗[chuang1] |
| 窗 | chuāng | - variant of 窗[chuang1] |
| 窗 | chuāng | - variant of 窗[chuang1] |
| 事 | shì | - matter - thing - item - work - affair - CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2] |
| 发 | fā | - to send out - to show (one's feeling) - to issue - to develop - to make a bundle of money - classifier for gunshots (rounds) |
| 发 | fà | - hair - Taiwan pr. [fa3] |
Other Words Containing 东窗事发
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 东窗事发 | - | - | 39,542 | 47,713 | 57,664 |