呼风唤雨 — Chinese idiom
呼风唤雨
hū fēng huàn yǔ
Traditional: 呼風喚雨
Meaning
- to call the wind and summon the rain ; to exercise magical powers
- fig. to stir up troubles
Character by character
- 呼hūto breathe, to exhale, to sigh; to call, to shout
- 风fēngwind; air; customs, manners; news
- 唤huànto call
- 雨yǔrain
Idioms sharing a character
- 一呼百应 yī hū bǎi yìng
- 一呼百诺 yī hū bǎi nuò
- 一命呜呼 yī mìng wū hū
- 呼之即来 hū zhī jí lái
- 呼之欲出 hū zhī yù chū
- 呼来喝去 hū lái hè qù
- 呼天抢地 hū tiān qiāng dì
- 呼牛作马 hū niú zuò mǎ
- 呼牛呼马 hū niú hū mǎ
- 大声疾呼 dà shēng jí hū
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