Results for “风”

lit. see the wind and assume it will rain (idiom) / fig. gullible / to believe whatever people suggest

lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom) / fig. to act pragmatically / to be flexible and take advantage of the situation

on lookout duty / to serve as lookout

to sneer / to make cynical remarks / sarcastic talk

simultaneous interpretation facilities (loanword from "earphone")

to exert flirtatious allure / to entice coquettishly

to leak (a secret) / to transpire

falling prices / bear market

to follow the trend / to jump on the bandwagon

lit. to avoid the wind / fig. to keep low to avoid a difficult situation / to stay out of trouble

breeze / light wind

to flutter in the wind (idiom)

to flutter in the wind

proceeding at a tremendous pace / getting on like a house on fire

air vent / louvre

to stir up trouble at every opportunity (idiom)

to give shelter from the wind and rain / to keep out the elements

tradition or style from the past / old ways / surviving tradition / relic

typhoon shelter (a cove where boats shelter from strong winds and rough seas, esp. in Hong Kong) / (attributive) typhoon shelter-style, a cooking method associated with those who lived on boats in the coves, where crab, prawn or other meat is fried and flavored with spices and black beans

lee / windstop

to lie low (until the fuss dies down)

abbr. for 野火燒不盡，春風吹又生|野火烧不尽，春风吹又生[yě huǒ shāo bù jìn , chūn fēng chuī yòu shēng]

lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb) / fig. cannot be easily eliminated / abbr. to 野火春風|野火春风[yě huǒ chūn fēng]

banking crisis / storm in financial circles

financial crisis / banking crisis

lit. to ride the wind and crest the waves / to be ambitious and unafraid (idiom)

family tradition / family principles

continuous blowing of the wind

sand break (in desert environment)

(of an uneducated person) to mingle with the cognoscenti / to pose as a culture lover / to be a culture snob / having pretensions to culture

chill wind / (fig.) evil wind

onshore wind power

(Tw) onshore wind power

wind-borne / tossed about by the wind

to bend with the wind

lit. a willow that bends with the wind / one with no fixed principles (idiom)

to trim one's sails with the wind / to adopt different attitude depending on the circumstances (idiom)

lit. clouds scatter, wind flows (idiom) / the crisis settles down / people disperse home / things return to normal

pass like thunder and move like the wind (idiom) / swift and decisive reaction

hair dryer