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Definition(s) for: 面黄肌瘦

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
面黄肌瘦 miàn huáng - jī shòu - lit. face yellow and body emaciated (idiom)
- fig. malnourished and sickly in appearance

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
- - - 75,201 70,417

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
miàn- face
- side
- surface
- aspect
- top
- classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
miàn- variant of 麵|面[mian4]
miàn- flour
- noodles
- (of food) soft (not crunchy)
- (slang) (of a person) ineffectual
- spineless
huáng- surname Huang or Hwang
huáng- yellow
- pornographic
- to fall through
- (bound form) flesh; muscle
shòu- thin
- to lose weight
- (of clothing) tight
- (of meat) lean
- (of land) unproductive

Other Words Containing 面黄肌瘦

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