Read Edit View history 當頭棒喝 dāngtóubànghè a sharp warning Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 当头棒喝 當頭棒喝 dāngtóubànghè a sharp warning a blow to the head and a loud shout; originally a Zen Buddhist practice to jolt students into enlightenment, now used to describe a sharp warning or a stunning blow that makes someone wake up to reality Frequency Movie subtitles 0.240 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.280 per million Cross-References Referenced by 棒喝 bànghèSynonym 迎头棒喝 yíngtóubànghè Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
当头棒喝 當頭棒喝 dāngtóubànghè a sharp warning a blow to the head and a loud shout; originally a Zen Buddhist practice to jolt students into enlightenment, now used to describe a sharp warning or a stunning blow that makes someone wake up to reality Frequency Movie subtitles 0.240 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.280 per million Cross-References Referenced by 棒喝 bànghèSynonym 迎头棒喝 yíngtóubànghè Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)