捕风捉影 — Chinese idiom
捕风捉影
bǔ fēng zhuō yǐng
Traditional: 捕風捉影
Meaning
- lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows ; fig. groundless accusations
- to act on hearsay evidence
Character by character
- 捕bǔto arrest, to catch, to seize
- 风fēngwind; air; customs, manners; news
- 捉zhuōto clutch, to grasp, to seize
- 影yǐngshadow; image, reflection; photograph
Idioms sharing a character
- 一帆风顺 yī fān fēng shùn
- 一路顺风 yī lù shùn fēng
- 世风日下 shì fēng rì xià
- 乘风破浪 chéng fēng pò làng
- 伤风败俗 shāng fēng bài sú
- 光风霁月 guāng fēng jì yuè
- 两袖清风 liǎng xiù qīng fēng
- 只欠东风 zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
- 叱咤风云 chì zhà fēng yún
- 呼风唤雨 hū fēng huàn yǔ
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