听风就是雨
tīng​fēng​jiù​shì​yǔ

to be credulous

  • created sense approved 听风就是雨/聽風就是雨 · tīng​fēng​jiù​shì​yǔ · to be credulous — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    听风就是雨 / 聽風就是雨

    tīng​fēng​jiù​shì​yǔ

    to be credulous

    (idiom) lit. to believe there will be rain just from hearing the wind; to be gullible and believe rumors instantly

    听 (literal) → 听/聽 · tīng · to listen 风 (literal) → 风/風 · fēng · news 就是 (literal) → 就是 · jiù​shì · exactly 雨 (literal) → 雨 · yǔ · rain

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense