听风就是雨

tīng fēng jiù shì yǔ

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. to believe in the rain on hearing the wind (idiom)
  2. 2. to believe rumors
  3. 3. to be credulous

Child Words of 听风就是雨

听
yǐn

smile (archaic)

就
jiù

(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then

就是
jiù shì

exactly; precisely

是
shì

to be (followed by substantives only)

听
tīng

to listen to; to hear

雨
yǔ

rain

雨
yù

(literary) to rain

风
fēng

wind