雷厉风行 — Chinese idiom
雷厉风行
léi lì fēng xíng
Traditional: 雷厲風行
Meaning
- pass like thunder and move like the wind ; swift and decisive reaction
Character by character
- 雷léithunder; surname
- 厉lìwhetstone; to grind, to sharpen, to whet
- 风fēngwind; air; customs, manners; news
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
Idioms sharing a character
- 咆哮如雷 páo xiào rú léi
- 如雷贯耳 rú léi guàn ěr
- 掌声雷动 zhǎng shēng léi dòng
- 暴跳如雷 bào tiào rú léi
- 雷打不动 léi dǎ bù dòng
- 再接再厉 zài jiē zài lì
- 厉行节约 lì xíng jié yuē
- 正言厉色 zhèng yán lì sè
- 正颜厉色 zhèng yán lì sè
- 发扬踔厉 fā yáng chuō lì
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