Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "吹" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "吹" in Landscape Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Pinyin
chuī
Definition
to blow / blast / puff / boast / brag / end in failure
to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect)
to play (wind instruments)
briefing / leaking meeting / advanced briefing
(idiom) to be exposed to the elements
to brush / to caress (of breeze) / to praise
air / be in a draught / dry with a blower
lit. grass stirring in the wind (idiom) / fig. the slightest whiff of trouble
to play the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / to beg while playing pipes; cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫[Wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1] / to busk / virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹簫|玉人吹箫[yu4 ren2 chui1 xiao1] / (slang) fellatio / blowjob
as easy as blowing off dust / effortless / with ease
blow and beat -- to play music / play wind and percussion instruments
to flatter / to laud sb's accomplishments / adulation
(old) musicians at a wedding cortege or funeral procession / (fig.) trumpeter of sb's praises / booster
to blow one's own trumpet (idiom)
春风吹又生 chūn fēng chuī yòu shēng
Spring breeze blows again
to agitate for / to enthusiastically promote
to make an exhibition of oneself / ostentation
lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious / nitpick
to boast / to shoot one's mouth off
吹胡子瞪眼 chuī hú zi dèng yǎn
to get angry / to fume