望風捕影
wàng​fēng​bǔ​yǐng

to act on hearsay

  • created reference approved 望风捕影/望風捕影 → 捕风捉影/捕風捉影 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    望风捕影 / 望風捕影 wàng​fēng​bǔ​yǐng

    捕风捉影 / 捕風捉影 bǔ​fēng​zhuō​yǐng

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 望风捕影/望風捕影 · wàng​fēng​bǔ​yǐng · to act on hearsay — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    望风捕影 / 望風捕影

    wàng​fēng​bǔ​yǐng

    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

    望风 (literal) → 望风/望風 · wàng​fēng · to hear word of 捕影 (literal) → 捕影 · bǔ​yǐng · to catch shadows

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

    created sense