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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 杀人放火

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
杀人放火 shā rén fàng huǒ - to kill and burn (idiom); murder and arson

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
- - - 50,688 36,692

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shā- to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack
- to weaken; to reduce
- (dialect) to smart
- (used after a verb) extremely
rén- person; people
- CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
fàng- to put
- to place
- to release
- to free
- to let go
- to let out
- to set off (fireworks)
huǒ- surname Huo
huǒ- fire
- urgent
- ammunition
- fiery or flaming
- internal heat (Chinese medicine)
- hot (popular)
- classifier for military units (old)
- Kangxi radical 86

Other Words Containing 杀人放火

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