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hào ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people
chuī to blow / to play a wind instrument / to blast / to puff / to boast / to brag / to end in failure / to fall through
一帆风顺 fān fēng shùn propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom) / plain sailing / to go smoothly / have a nice trip!
了结 liǎo jié to settle / to finish / to conclude / to wind up
乘风破浪 chéng fēng làng to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions
絮叨 dao long-winded / garrulous / to talk endlessly without getting to the point
guā to blow (of the wind)
见风使帆 jiàn fēng shǐ fān lit. see the wind and set your sails (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically / to be flexible and take advantage of the situation
平息 píng (of wind etc) to subside; to die down / to quell; to smooth over (a dispute etc) / to suppress (a rebellion etc)
弯曲 wān to bend / to curve around / curved / crooked / to wind / to warp
呼风唤雨 fēng huàn to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers / fig. to stir up troubles
风化 fēng huà decency / public morals / to weather (rocks) / wind erosion
吹风 chuī fēng to let the wind blow on oneself; to be exposed to the wind; to air out (a room); to blow air (e.g. to dry one's hair) / (fig.) to brief sb informally; to leak or hint at information ahead of formal release
yáng to raise / to hoist / the action of tossing or winnowing / scattering (in the wind) / to flutter / to propagate
结尾 jié wěi ending / coda / to wind up
jiǎo to twist (strands into a thread) / to entangle / to wring / to hang (by the neck) / to turn / to wind / classifier for skeins of yarn
兜风 dōu fēng to catch the wind / to go for a spin in the fresh air
rào to wind / to coil (thread) / to rotate around / to spiral / to move around / to go round (an obstacle) / to by-pass / to make a detour / to confuse / to perplex
chán to wind around / to wrap round / to coil / tangle / to involve / to bother / to annoy
见风使舵 jiàn fēng shǐ duò lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically / to be flexible and take advantage of the situation
坐月子 zuò yuè zi to convalesce for a month following childbirth, following a special diet, and observing various taboos to protect the body from exposure to the "wind"
风声鹤唳 fēng shēng lit. wind sighing and crane calling (idiom) / fig. to panic at the slightest move / to be jittery
借东风 jiè dōng fēng lit. to use the eastern wind (idiom) / fig. to use sb's help
上弦 shàng xián to wind up a watch, clockwork toy etc / to tighten the string of a bow, violin etc / first quarter (phase of the moon)
听见风就是雨 tīng jiàn fēng jiù shì lit. on hearing wind, to say rain / to agree uncritically with whatever people say / to parrot other people's words / to chime in with others


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