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Definition(s) for: 呼天抢地

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
呼天抢地 hū tiān - qiāng dì - (idiom) to cry out to heaven and knock one's head against the ground (as an expression of anguish)

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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
- - - 66,924 33,929

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- to call
- to cry
- to shout
- to breath out
- to exhale
- variant of 呼[hu1]
- to shout
- to call out
tiān- day
- sky
- heaven
qiāng- (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage)
- opposite in direction; contrary
qiǎng- to fight over
- to rush
- to scramble
- to grab
- to rob
- to snatch
de- -ly
- structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- earth
- ground
- field
- place
- land
- CL:片[pian4]

Other Words Containing 呼天抢地

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