消息灵通人士

xiāo xi líng tōng rén shì

Определения

1. well-informed source; person with inside information

Составные слова 消息灵通人士

• 人 rén: person; people
• 人士 rén shì: person
• 消 xiāo: to diminish; to subside
• 消息 xiāo xi: news
• 通 tòng: classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
• 灵 líng: quick
• 灵通 líng tōng: fast and abundant (news)
• 士 shì: bachelor
• 息 xī: breath
• 消息灵通 xiāo xi líng tōng: to be well-informed
• 通人 tōng rén: learned person; person of wide knowledge and sound scholarship