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遇事生风

yù shì shēng fēngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to stir up trouble at every opportunity (idiom)
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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:

遇事生風 遇事生风 [yu4 shi4 sheng1 feng1] /to stir up trouble at every opportunity (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 遇事生風

  • 遇
    yù

    (bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned / (bound form) to treat; to receive

    Yù

    surname Yu

  • 事
    shì

    matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jiàn],樁|桩[zhuāng],回[huí]

  • 生
    shēng

    to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[shēng téng]) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[shēng lā yìng zhuài])

  • 风
    fēng

    wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:陣|阵[zhèn],絲|丝[sī]

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.