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Definition(s) for: 煞有介事

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
煞有介事 shà yǒu jiè shì - to make a show of being very much in earnest (idiom)
- to act as if one is taking things very seriously

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
- - - 45,027 52,437

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shā- to terminate
- to cut short
- to bring to a stop
- to squeeze
- to tighten
- to damage
- variant of 殺|杀[sha1]
shà- fiend
- demon
- very
- (Tw) SARS (loanword)
yǒu- to have; there is
- (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3yi4] intentional)
jiè- to introduce
- to lie between
- between
- shell
- armor
shì- matter
- thing
- item
- work
- affair
- CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]

Other Words Containing 煞有介事

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

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