振臂一呼 — Chinese idiom
振臂一呼
zhèn bì yī hū
Meaning
- to issue a call for action; to raise one's hand and issue a rousing call
Character by character
- 振zhènto arouse, to excite; to rouse, to shake
- 臂bìarm
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 呼hūto breathe, to exhale, to sigh; to call, to shout
Idioms sharing a character
- 一蹶不振 yī jué bù zhèn
- 振振有词 zhèn zhèn yǒu cí
- 振聋发聩 zhèn lóng fā kuì
- 欲振乏力 yù zhèn fá lì
- 发聋振聩 fā lóng zhèn kuì
- 稽古振今 jī gǔ zhèn jīn
- 萎靡不振 wěi mǐ bù zhèn
- 三头六臂 sān tóu liù bì
- 如臂使指 rú bì shǐ zhǐ
- 左膀右臂 zuǒ bǎng yòu bì
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