风吹草动 — Chinese idiom
风吹草动
fēng chuī cǎo dòng
Traditional: 風吹草動
Meaning
- (lit.) grass stirring in the wind
- (fig.) the slightest whiff of trouble
Character by character
- 风fēngwind; air; customs, manners; news
- 吹chuīto blow, to puff; to brag, to boast
- 草cǎograss, herbs; straw, thatch
- 动dòngto move, to happen; movement, action
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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