Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

china's final warning

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables
chi-na's -fi-nal warn-ing
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A warning that carries no real consequences; an empty threat.

Humorous

Etymology

Calque of Russian последнее китайское предупреждение (posledneje kitajskoje predupreždenije).

Usage

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does china's final warning mean?
A warning that carries no real consequences; an empty threat.
Where does china's final warning come from?
Calque of Russian последнее китайское предупреждение (posledneje kitajskoje predupreždenije).

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