风声鹤唳 — Chinese idiom
风声鹤唳
fēng shēng hè lì
Traditional: 風聲鶴唳
Meaning
- lit. wind sighing and crane calling
- fig. to panic at the slightest move
- to be jittery
Character by character
- 风fēngwind; air; customs, manners; news
- 声shēngsound, noise; voice, tone, music
- 鹤hècrane; Grus species (various)
- 唳lìa bird's cry
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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