告吹 gàochuī to fizzle out Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 告 gào verb to reach a stage (bound form) to declare that a process has ended or a goal has been reached, as in 告一段落 gàoyīduànluò or 告捷 gàojié吹 chuī to fall through to end in failure; to fall through (of plans, deals, etc.)