听风就是雨

tīng fēng jiù shì yǔ

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Definitions

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

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Child Words of 听风就是雨

• 听 听 yǐn: smile (archaic)
• 就 就 jiù: (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
• 就是 就是 jiù shì: exactly; precisely
• 是 是 shì: to be (followed by substantives only)
• 听 听 tīng: to listen to; to hear
• 雨 雨 yǔ: rain
• 雨 雨 yù: (literary) to rain
• 风 风 fēng: wind