呼之即来,挥之即去 (呼之即來,揮之即去)
hū zhī jí lái , huī zhī jí qù
Pinyin
Definition
呼之即来,挥之即去 (呼之即來,揮之即去)
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- to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant
- always at sb's beck and call
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
- 2 him
- 3 her
- 4 it
- 1 afterwards
- 2 following
- 3 later
- 4 after
- 1 to go out
- 1 to go
- 2 to go to (a place)
- 3 (of a time etc) last
- 4 just passed
- 5 to send
- 6 to remove
- 7 to get rid of
- 8 to reduce
- 9 to be apart from in space or time
- 10 to die (euphemism)
- 11 to play (a part)
- 12 (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
- 13 (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
- 14 (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- 1 (in the) past
- 2 former
- 3 previous
- 4 to go over
- 5 to pass by
Idioms (20)
一不做,二不休
- 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
- 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
- 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一丘之貉
- 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
- 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南,一个地北
- 1 to live miles apart (idiom)