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Definition(s) for: 树大招风

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
树大招风 shù dà zhāo fēng - lit. a tall tree attracts the wind (idiom)
- fig. a famous or rich person attracts criticism

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
- - - 65,508 43,557

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shù- tree
- CL:棵[ke1]
- to cultivate
- to set up
- big; large; great
- older (than another person)
- eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3])
- greatly; freely; fully
- (dialect) father
- (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
dài- see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
zhāo- to recruit
- to provoke
- to beckon
- to incur
- to infect
- contagious
- a move (chess)
- a maneuver
- device
- trick
- to confess
fēng- wind
- news
- style
- custom
- manner
- CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]

Other Words Containing 树大招风

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