呼 之 即 来，挥 之 即 去

hū zhī jí lái , huī zhī jí qùdictionary entry

to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant / always at sb's beck and call

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

呼之即來，揮之即去 呼之即来，挥之即去 [hu1 zhi1 ji2 lai2 , hui1 zhi1 ji2 qu4] /to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant/always at sb's beck and call/

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Other forms in these source records: 呼之即來，揮之即去

呼
hū
to call / to cry / to shout / to breath out / to exhale / to call out
之
zhī
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de]) / him / her / it
即
jí
namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near
来
lái
to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[huí lai]) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zì gǔ yǐ lái]) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lái shì]) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得[dé] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tán de lái], or after 不[bù] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chī bu lái])
挥
huī
to wave / to brandish / to command / to conduct / to scatter / to disperse
之
zhī
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de]) / him / her / it
即
jí
namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near
去
qù
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

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