呼之欲出
hū zhī yù chū
Pinyin

Definition

呼之欲出
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hū zhī yù chū
  1. lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom)
  2. fig. on the verge of coming out into the open
  3. (of a person's choice etc) on the point of being disclosed
  4. (of an artistic depiction) vividly portrayed

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

zhī
  1. 1 (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
  2. 2 him
  3. 3 her
  4. 4 it
zhī qián
  1. 1 before
  2. 2 prior to
  3. 3 ago
  4. 4 previously
  5. 5 beforehand
zhī hòu
  1. 1 afterwards
  2. 2 following
  3. 3 later
  4. 4 after
zhī jiān
  1. 1 between
  2. 2 among
  3. 3 inter-
fù chū
  1. 1 to pay
  2. 2 to invest (energy or time in a friendship etc)

Idioms (20)

一丘之貉
yī qiū zhī hé
  1. 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
yī zhī wéi shèn
  1. 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一呼百应
yī hū bǎi yìng
  1. 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
  2. 2 to respond en masse
一呼百诺
yī hū bǎi nuò
  1. 1 one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call
一命呜呼
yī mìng wū hū
  1. 1 to die (idiom)
  2. 2 to breathe one's last
  3. 3 to give up the ghost

Sample Sentences

呼之欲出那么明显。
hūzhīyùchū nàme míngxiǎn 。
Are almost revealed, so clearly