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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 痛心疾首

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
痛心疾首 tòng xīn jí shǒu - bitter and hateful (idiom)
- to grieve and lament (over sth)

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
- - 42,859 37,554 31,185

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
tòng- ache
- pain
- sorrow
- deeply
- thoroughly
xīn- heart
- mind
- intention
- center
- core
- CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- (bound form) disease; ailment
- (bound form) swift
- (literary) to hate; to abhor
shǒu- head
- chief
- first (occasion, thing etc)
- classifier for poems, songs etc

Other Words Containing 痛心疾首

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
痛心疾首 - - 42,859 37,554 31,185