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吹

chuī

Definition

to blow
to play a wind instrument
to blast
to puff
to boast
to brag
to end in failure
to fall through

Character Decomposition

Related words (51)

failed; busted; to have not succeeded; to have died; to have parted company; to have chilled (of a relationship)

(coll.) to fall through; to result in failure; (of a relationship) to break up

to blow a brass instrument

to blow a whistle; to whistle

to brag

to play (wind instruments)

(of a musical instrument) blow hole

to blow-dry

to brush; to caress (of breeze); to praise

to resort to bragging and flattering; abbr. for 吹牛拍馬

to flatter; to laud sb's accomplishments; adulation

to talk big; to boast

to disperse

to blow air (into)

to blow away dust

to blow out (a flame)

to talk big; to brag; to boast; to shoot off one's mouth; to chat (dialect)

blowpipe

to play the xiao 簫 (mouth organ); to beg while playing pipes; cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥, c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫; to busk; virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹簫; (slang) fellatio; blowjob

to blow up; to inflate

storm struck; to attack (of wind)

chuī lěng fēng

to blow cold; damping expectations by discouraging or realistic words

chuī kǒu shào

to whistle

leaf blower (machine)

(lit.) blowing the trumpet; (fig.) to praise sb; (slang) to give a blowjob

to boast; to talk big

chuī yú shǒu

player of the yu 竽 (free reed mouth organ)

piper

chuī guǎn yuè

woodwind music

chuī fēng jī

hair dryer

chuī gǔ shǒu

(old) musicians at a wedding cortege or funeral procession; (fig.) trumpeter of sb's praises; booster

chuī chuī pāi pāi

to boast and flatter

chuī zhěn biān fēng

to sway (sb) through pillow talk

chuī huī zhī lì

as easy as pie

chuī niú pāi mǎ

to resort to bragging and flattering

chuī xiāo qǐ shí

to beg while playing the xiao 箫 (mouth organ); cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥, destitute refugee from Chu 楚, busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician

chuī kāng jiàn mǐ

instant results; (lit.) blow the husk and see the rice

(the wind) blows violently

to fizzle out; to come to nothing

female ejaculation

to boast; to shoot one's mouth off

to boast wildly

to agitate for; to enthusiastically promote

xǐ jiǎn chuī

shampoo, haircut and blow-dry

diàn chuī fēng

hair dryer

advocate

dà chuī dà léi

to make an exhibition of oneself; ostentation

yǎng quē chuī guǎn

oxyacetylene torch

yù rén chuī xiāo

virtuoso piper wins a beauty; the xiao 箫 (mouth organ) virtuoso 萧史 won for his wife the beautiful daughter of Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公

不費吹灰之力

bù fèi chuī huī zhī lì

as easy as blowing off dust; effortless; with ease

利用人工吹氣

lì yòng rén gōng chuī qì

oral inflation

Idioms (7)

chuī máo qiú cī

(lit.) to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious; nitpick

chuī dēng bá là

(lit.) to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom); (fig.) to die; to bite the dust; to be over and done with

hú chuī luàn pěng

indiscriminate admiration (idiom)

zì chuī zì léi

to blow one's own trumpet (idiom)

zì wǒ chuī xū

to blow one's own horn (idiom)

fēng chuī yǔ dǎ

(lit.) windswept and battered by rain; to undergo hardship (idiom)

砍頭不過風吹帽

kǎn tóu bù guò fēng chuī mào

to regard decapitation as no more important than the wind blowing off your hat (idiom)

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