聽見風就是雨

See also: 听见风就是雨

Chinese

		to hear	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	to be precisely; to be none other than; it is ... that	rain
trad. (聽見風就是雨)		聽見	風	就是	雨
simp. (听见风就是雨)		听见	风	就是	雨
Literally: “on hearing wind, to say rain”.

Etymology

Originally from Jin Ping Mei:

你這贼囚根子，得不個風兒就雨兒。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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你这贼囚根子，得不个风儿就雨儿。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

Nǐ zhè zéiqiúgēnzǐ, dé bù ge fēng ér jiù yǔ ér. [Pinyin]

You are a thief, and you are agreeing uncritically with whatever people say.

From Guanchangxianxingji:

他們做都老爺的，聽見風就是雨，皇上原許他風聞奏事，說錯了又沒有不是的。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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他们做都老爷的，听见风就是雨，皇上原许他风闻奏事，说错了又没有不是的。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

Tāmen zuò dōu lǎoyé de, tīngjiànfēngjiùshìyǔ, huángshàng yuán xǔ tā fēngwénzòushì, shuō cuò le yòu méiyǒu bùshì de. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tīngjiànfēngjiùshìyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄥ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕˋ ㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tīngjiànfēngjiùshìyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄥ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tingjiànfongjiòushìhyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻing¹-chien⁴-fêng¹-chiu⁴-shih⁴-yü³
    • Yale: tīng-jyàn-fēng-jyòu-shr̀-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tingjiannfengjiowshyhyeu
    • Palladius: тинцзяньфэнцзюшиюй (tinczjanʹfɛnczjušijuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

聽見風就是雨

1. to agree uncritically with whatever people say
2. to parrot other people's words, to chime in with others