吹 chuī
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chuī
verb
to blow; to exhale
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Of the wind or breath; for example, the idiom 风吹雨打 'windswept and battered by rain [to undergo hardship]' (CC-CEDICT '吹' v 2; Guoyu '吹' v 2; Kroll 2015 '吹' 1, p. 61; Unihan '吹') -
chuī
verb
to play a wind instrument
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Music
Notes: (Guoyu '吹' v 1; Kroll 2015 '吹' 1a, p. 61; ) -
chuī
verb
to brag; to boast
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 夸口; as in 吹牛 (Guoyu '吹' v 3; Unihan '吹') -
chuī
verb
to end in failure
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '吹' v 4) -
chuī
verb
to exhale; pravā
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pravā, Japanese: sui (BCSD '吹', p. 247; MW 'pravā'; SH '吹', p. 233; Unihan '吹')
Contained in
- 1. 瞋心如狂风 会吹走人缘 2. 愚痴似急流 会捲走幸福 3. 我慢像暗礁 会搁浅前途 4. 嫉妒同巨浪 会淹没理智(1. 瞋心如狂風 會吹走人緣 2. 愚痴似急流 會捲走幸福 3. 我慢像暗礁 會擱淺前途 4. 嫉妒同巨浪 會淹沒理智) 1. Anger is like a storm that sweeps away your affinities. 2. Ignorance is like a swift current that washes away your happiness. 3. Arrogance is like a hidden reef that strands your future. 4. Jealousy is like a tsunami that overwhelms your reason.
- 龙潭吹灯(龍潭吹燈) Longtan blows out a lamp
- 和风吹绿柳 时雨润春苗(和風吹綠柳 時雨潤春苗) Gentle breezes caress the green willows, Timely rains nourish the spring sprouts.
- 巴陵吹毛剑(巴陵吹毛劍) Baling’s sharp sword
- 一唾一吹 a spit and a puff
- 八风吹不动(八風吹不動) unmoved by the eight winds
- 吹灭纸烛(吹滅紙燭) blowing out a lamp
- 慈风吹大地 佛法满人间(慈風吹大地 佛法滿人間) May the breeze of compassion embrace the Earth; May the world be filled with Dharma.
- 慈风吹大地 福报满人间(慈風吹大地 福報滿人間) May the breeze of compassion embrace the Earth; May the world be filled with life's blessings.
- 春风吹大地 和气到人间(春風吹大地 和氣到人間) Soothing spring breezes caress the Earth; The joy of harmony permeate the world.
- 慈风吹大地 慧光照世间(慈風吹大地 慧光照世間) May the breeze of compassion embrace the Earth; May the world be filled with the light of wisdom.
- 江国春风吹不起(江國春風吹不起) in the river country the spring winds are not blowing
Also contained in
玉人吹箫 、 吹糠见米 、 吹毛求疵 、 吹笛者 、 吹袭 、 吹灰之力 、 惩羹吹齑 、 吹捧 、 吴市吹箫 、 鼓吹乐 、 野火烧不尽，春风吹又生 、 吹散 、 潮吹 、 吹死灰 、 吹奏乐器 、 瞎吹 、 电吹风 、 风吹日晒 、 吹擂 、 吹牛拍马 、 胡吹乱捧 、 吹喇叭 、 吹干 、 吹灯拔蜡 、 告吹 、 雨打风吹 、 大吹大擂 、 鼓吹 、 吹牛皮 、 胡吹 、 吹风机 、 吹灰 、 风吹草动 、 吹奏 、 不费吹灰之力 、 吹箫乞食 、 吹箫 、 吹孔 、 自吹自擂
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 21 Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經 — count: 48 , has English translation , has parallel version
- Scroll 9 Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經 — count: 35
- Scroll 1 Garbhāvakrāntinirdeśa (Bao Tai Jing) 佛說胞胎經 — count: 33
- Scroll 2 Sukhāvatīvyūhasūtra (Wuliang Qingjing Pingdeng Jue Jing) 無量清淨平等覺經 — count: 32
- Scroll 9 Sutra on the Causes and Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Yin Ben Jing) 起世因本經 — count: 30
- Scroll 1 Sukhāvatīvyūhasūtra (Amituo Sanyesan Fo Saloufo Tan Guodu Rendao Jing) 阿彌陀三耶三佛薩樓佛檀過度人道經 — count: 24
- Scroll 5 Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經 — count: 22
- Scroll 3 Fo Shuo Li Shi Apitan Lun 佛說立世阿毘曇論 — count: 20
- Scroll 5 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 18
- Scroll 1 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 16
Collocations
- 风吹 (風吹) 風吹惡流演 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 80
- 来吹 (來吹) 冷風來吹 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 19 — count: 16
- 大风吹 (大風吹) 久久如是大風吹 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 5 — count: 14
- 吹大水 (吹大水) 其後亂風吹大海水吹大水沫 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 21 — count: 12
- 吹水 (吹水) 吹水令動 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 21 — count: 9
- 吹大海 (吹大海) 吹大海水 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 21 — count: 9
- 吹螺 (吹螺) 吹螺聲 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 8
- 吹离 (吹離) 風吹離水 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 21 — count: 8
- 吹挠 (吹撓) 吹撓水上生厚沫 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 5 — count: 7
- 吹花 (吹花) 吹花散地 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 7