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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
- rabbit
- variant of 兔[tu4]
- to die
- impassable
- uncrossable
- inflexible
- rigid
- extremely
- damned
gǒu- dog
- CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]
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

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo