歇后语 xiēhòuyǔ two-part allegorical saying Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 歇后语 歇後語 xiēhòuyǔ two-part allegorical saying A type of Chinese idiomatic folk saying in two parts, the first part is an image or riddle-like premise, and the second part is the punchline or intended meaning. Often the speaker only says the first part, leaving the listener to infer the rest. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.299 per million Cross-References Same as 俏皮话 qiàopihuàReferenced by 外甥打灯笼 wàishēngdǎdēnglóng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
歇后语 歇後語 xiēhòuyǔ two-part allegorical saying A type of Chinese idiomatic folk saying in two parts, the first part is an image or riddle-like premise, and the second part is the punchline or intended meaning. Often the speaker only says the first part, leaving the listener to infer the rest. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.299 per million Cross-References Same as 俏皮话 qiàopihuàReferenced by 外甥打灯笼 wàishēngdǎdēnglóng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
