Read Edit View history 树大招风 shùdàzhāofēng to attract trouble by being prominent Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 树大招风 樹大招風 shùdàzhāofēng to attract trouble by being prominent literally 'a tall tree attracts the wind'; used to describe how a person of high status, wealth, or fame is more likely to be targeted by criticism, jealousy, or trouble Frequency Written text 0.312 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
树大招风 樹大招風 shùdàzhāofēng to attract trouble by being prominent literally 'a tall tree attracts the wind'; used to describe how a person of high status, wealth, or fame is more likely to be targeted by criticism, jealousy, or trouble Frequency Written text 0.312 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)