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吹
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Definitions
- 1. to blow
- 2. to play a wind instrument
- 3. to blast
- 4. to puff
- 5. to boast
- 6. to brag
- 7. to end in failure
- 8. to fall through
Example Sentences
1 shown風從東方 吹 來。
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Words Containing 吹
to play the xiao 簫|箫[xiāo] (mouth organ)
hair dryer
to boast
lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom)
to blow one's own trumpet (idiom)
to blow up
advocate
whistleblower
lit. grass stirring in the wind (idiom)
oxyacetylene torch
(idiom) to be exposed to the elements
player of the yu 竽[yú] (free reed wind instrument)
to talk big
(of wind) to blow fiercely; (of a storm) to strike
piper
to talk big
indiscriminate admiration (idiom)
lottery machine
to blow away dust
to boast and flatter
to flatter
virtuoso piper wins a beauty
military wind and percussion music played on horseback under the Han
to brush
to agitate for
(coll.) to fall through
as easy as blowing off dust
to boast
to blow air (into)
lit. windswept and battered by rain
(fig.) trumpeter of sb's praises
failed; busted; to have not succeeded
to advocate vociferously
damping expectations by discouraging or realistic words
to resort to bragging and flattering
to regard decapitation as no more important than the wind blowing off your hat (idiom)
to blow-dry
to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫[xiāo] (mouth organ)
to resort to bragging and flattering
shampoo, haircut and blow-dry
to play (wind instruments)
to make an exhibition of oneself
hair dryer
blowpipe
(lit.) blowing the trumpet
to get angry
to whistle
woodwind music
to disperse
to brag
oral inflation
instant results
to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫[xiāo] (mouth organ)
to blow out (a flame)
lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb)
to blow one's own horn (idiom)
leaf blower (machine)
What brings you here? (idiom)
to sway (sb) through pillow talk
a slight effort
female ejaculation
to blow a whistle
lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious
to blow a brass instrument
(of a musical instrument) blow hole
(loanword) interesting
(of wind) to blow strongly
to boast wildly
to fizzle out