望风捕影 wàngfēngbǔyǐng to act on hearsay Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 望风捕影 望風捕影 wàngfēngbǔyǐng to act on hearsay literally "chasing the wind and clutching at shadows"; to make groundless accusations or act based on rumor and pure guesswork rather than evidence Frequency Written text 0.003 per million Cross-References Same as 捕风捉影 bǔfēngzhuōyǐng Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
望风捕影 望風捕影 wàngfēngbǔyǐng to act on hearsay literally "chasing the wind and clutching at shadows"; to make groundless accusations or act based on rumor and pure guesswork rather than evidence Frequency Written text 0.003 per million Cross-References Same as 捕风捉影 bǔfēngzhuōyǐng Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
