唤 (喚)
huàn
Pinyin
Definition
唤 (喚)
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- to call
Character Decomposition
Idioms (2)
呼风唤雨
- 1 to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers
- 2 fig. to stir up troubles
唤雨呼风
- 1 to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom)
- 2 to exercise magical powers
- 3 fig. to stir up troubles
- 4 also 呼風喚雨|呼风唤雨[hū fēng huàn yǔ]
Sample Sentences
鲁迅当年弃医从文,就是觉得精神的麻木比身体的病痛更可怕。他想通过自己的笔唤醒同胞。
Lu Hsun gave up medicine for literature. He thought that spiritual numbness was even more terrifying than physical pain. He wanted to use his pen to wake up his countrymen.
教育就是一棵树摇动一棵树,一朵云推动一朵云,一个灵魂唤醒另一个灵魂
Education is a tree shaking another, a cloud pushing another, a soul waking another.
向天空大声的呼唤说声我爱你,
Let my shouts to the sky say I love you
让所有期待未来的呼唤,
Let the calls of our expectations for the future
呼唤城门开眼中含着泪
Calling for the city gates to open, eyes full of tears.
传唤李加良警官。
The court summons Officer Li Jialiang.
是这样吗?审判长,现在我要求传唤证人吴忠和,也就是陈瑶请的私家侦探出庭作证。
Really? Your Honor, I now subpoena the witness, Wu Zhonghe, to testify in court. He's the private detective that Chen Yao hired.
现在是控辩双方的问证时间。本庭传唤负责本案的李加良警官出庭作证。
Now it's time for the cross-examination. The court calls Officer Li Jialiang, the officer in charge on this case, to testify.