Read Edit View history 望风捕影 wàngfēngbǔyǐng to act on hearsay Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 望风捕影 望風捕影 wàngfēngbǔyǐng 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 Frequency Written text 0.003 per million Cross-References Same as 捕风捉影 bǔfēngzhuōyǐng Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
望风捕影 望風捕影 wàngfēngbǔyǐng 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 Frequency Written text 0.003 per million Cross-References Same as 捕风捉影 bǔfēngzhuōyǐng Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)