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Definition(s) for: 耳鬓厮磨

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
耳鬓厮磨 ěr bìn sī mó - lit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom)
- fig. (of a boy and a girl) to play together often during childhood

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
- - - 83,963 57,820

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
ěr- ear
- handle (archaeology)
- and that is all (Classical Chinese)
bìn- temples
- hair on the temples
- variant of 廝|厮[si1]
- (bound form) together; each other
- (bound form) male servant
- (bound form) dude; so-and-so (used in 那廝|那厮[na4 si1] and 這廝|这厮[zhe4 si1])
- to rub
- to grind
- to polish
- to sharpen
- to wear down
- to die out
- to waste time
- to pester
- to insist
- grindstone
- to grind
- to turn round

Other Words Containing 耳鬓厮磨

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