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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 祸起萧墙

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)

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
- - 64,273 - 106,254

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
huò- old variant of 禍|祸[huo4]
huò- disaster
- misfortune
- calamity
- to rise
- to raise
- to get up
- to set out
- to start
- to appear
- to launch
- to initiate (action)
- to draft
- to establish
- to get (from a depot or counter)
- verb suffix, to start
- starting from (a time, place, price etc)
- classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
- classifier for groups: batch, group
xiāo- surname Xiao
xiāo- (old) Chinese mugwort
- (bound form) desolate; dreary
qiáng- variant of 牆|墙[qiang2]
qiáng- wall (CL:面[mian4],堵[du3])
- (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被牆|被墙[bei4 qiang2])

Other Words Containing 祸起萧墙

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