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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 兔死狗烹
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 兔死狗烹 | tù sǐ gǒu pēng | - lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom) - fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | 68,047 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 兔 | tù | - rabbit |
| 兔 | tù | - variant of 兔[tu4] |
| 死 | sǐ | - to die - impassable - uncrossable - inflexible - rigid - extremely - damned |
| 狗 | gǒu | - dog - CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2] |
| 烹 | pēng | - to boil; to brew (tea) - to cook by briefly stir-frying and then mixing in sauce - (old) to boil to death (judicial punishment in ancient times) |
Other Words Containing 兔死狗烹
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 |
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