吆喝
yāo he
Pinyin

Definition

吆喝
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yāo he
  1. to shout
  2. to bawl
  3. to yell (to urge on an animal)
  4. to hawk (one's wares)
  5. to denounce loudly
  6. to shout slogans

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 to drink
  2. 2 variant: 嗬 hē
hē jiǔ
  1. 1 to drink (alcohol)
chī hē
  1. 1 to eat and drink
  2. 2 food and drink
chī hē piáo dǔ
  1. 1 to go dining, wining, whoring and gambling
  2. 2 to lead a life of dissipation
chī hē lā sā shuì
  1. 1 to eat, drink, shit, piss, and sleep
  2. 2 (fig.) the ordinary daily routine

Idioms (6)

三个和尚没水喝
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē
  1. 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
  3. 3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
吃喝玩乐
chī hē wán lè
  1. 1 to eat, drink and be merry (idiom)
  2. 2 to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
吃香喝辣
chī xiāng hē là
  1. 1 lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to live well
呼来喝去
hū lái hè qù
  1. 1 to call to come and shout to go (idiom); to yell orders
  2. 2 always bossing people around
喝西北风
hē xī běi fēng
  1. 1 lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry

Sample Sentences

他竟然对着我们吆喝,还命令我们去做事。
tā jìngrán duì zhe wǒmen yāohe ,hái mìnglìng wǒmen qù zuòshì 。
How dare he boss us around, commanding us to do things.
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