hū​zhī​jí​lái

to come when called

  • created reference approved 呼之即来/呼之即來 → 挥之即去/揮之即去 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    呼之即来 / 呼之即來 hū​zhī​jí​lái

    挥之即去 / 揮之即去 huī​zhī​jí​qù

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 呼之即来/呼之即來 · hū​zhī​jí​lái · to come when called — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    呼之即来 / 呼之即來

    hū​zhī​jí​lái

    to come when called

    To come immediately at someone's call; always at someone's beck and call.

    呼 (literal) → 呼 · hū · to call 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · it 即 (literal) → 即 · jí · immediately 来 (literal) → 来/來 · lái · to come

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

    created sense