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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
dōng- surname Dong
dōng- east
- host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest)
- landlord
chuāng- window
- CL:扇[shan4]
chuāng- old variant of 窗[chuang1]
chuāng- variant of 窗[chuang1]
chuāng- variant of 窗[chuang1]
chuāng- variant of 窗[chuang1]
shì- matter
- thing
- item
- work
- affair
- CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- to send out
- to show (one's feeling)
- to issue
- to develop
- to make a bundle of money
- classifier for gunshots (rounds)
- 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