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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 头重脚轻

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
头重脚轻 tóu zhòng jiǎo qīng - top-heavy
- fig. unbalance in organization or political structure

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
- - - 56,010 33,222

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
tóu- head
- hair style
- the top
- end
- beginning or end
- a stub
- remnant
- chief
- boss
- side
- aspect
- first
- leading
- classifier for pigs or livestock
- CL:個|个[ge4]
tou- suffix for nouns
chóng- to repeat
- repetition
- again
- re-
- classifier: layer
zhòng- heavy
- serious
- to attach importance to
jiǎo- foot
- leg (of an animal or an object)
- base (of an object)
- CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- classifier for kicks
jué- role (variant of 角[jue2])
qīng- light
- easy
- gentle
- soft
- reckless
- unimportant
- frivolous
- small in number
- unstressed
- neutral
- to disparage

Other Words Containing 头重脚轻

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