lit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom); fig. A is far richer (or more powerful) than B; (used in a pattern such as A拔根汗毛比B的腰粗[A ba2 gen1 han4 mao2 bi3 B de5 yao1 cu1])
Characters in this word
7拔
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to pull up, to pull out, to draw out by suction, to select, to pick, to stand out (above level), to surpass, to seize
- Pinyin
- bá
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 10721 of 2500
根
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root, basis, classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings, CL:條|条[tiao2], radical (chemistry)
- Pinyin
- gēn
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 5176 of 2500
汗
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see 可汗[ke4 han2], 汗國|汗国[han2 guo2]
- Pinyin
- hán
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 8279 of 2500
毛
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surname Mao
- Pinyin
- Máo
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 2649 of 2500
比
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Belgium, Belgian, abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
- Pinyin
- Bǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 236 of 2500
腰
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the waist and lower back, (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food), the waist of trousers or a skirt, (metonym) money pouch; pocket, (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
- Pinyin
- yāo
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 7928 of 2500
粗
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(of sth long) wide; thick, (of sth granular) coarse, (of a voice) gruff, (of sb's manner etc) rough; crude; careless; rude
- Pinyin
- cū
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 10422 of 2500