wén fēng ér dòngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to respond instantly / to act at once on hearing the news
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Original source entry:

聞風而動 闻风而动 [wen2 feng1 er2 dong4] /to respond instantly/to act at once on hearing the news/

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