聽風是雨
tīng​fēng​shì​yǔ

to believe rumors

  • created reference approved 听风是雨/聽風是雨 → 听见风， 就是雨/聽見風， 就是雨 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    听风是雨 / 聽風是雨 tīng​fēng​shì​yǔ

    听见风， 就是雨 / 聽見風， 就是雨 tīng​jiàn​fēng​jiù​shì​yǔ

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 听风是雨/聽風是雨 · tīng​fēng​shì​yǔ · to believe rumors — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    听风是雨 / 聽風是雨

    tīng​fēng​shì​yǔ

    to believe rumors

    To believe rumors easily; to take a small piece of news or gossip as a proven fact and spread it further.

    听 (literal) → 听/聽 · tīng · to listen 风 (literal) → 风/風 · fēng · news 是 (literal) → 是 · shì · to be 雨 (literal) → 雨 · yǔ · rain

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

    created sense