吆喝
yāo he
Pinyin
Definition
吆喝
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- to shout
- to bawl
- to yell (to urge on an animal)
- to hawk (one's wares)
- to denounce loudly
- to shout slogans
Character Decomposition
Idioms (6)
三个和尚没水喝
- 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
- 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
- 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
- 1 to eat, drink and be merry (idiom)
- 2 to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
吃香喝辣
- 1 lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom)
- 2 fig. to live well
呼来喝去
- 1 to call to come and shout to go (idiom); to yell orders
- 2 always bossing people around
喝西北风
- 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。
How dare he boss us around, commanding us to do things.