Chinese Character Wiki

風聲鶴唳

fēng​shēng​hè​lì

to be jittery

Definitions

风声鹤唳 (風聲鶴唳) 

fēng​shēng​hè​lì

lit. wind sighing and crane calling (idiom); fig. to panic at the slightest move; to be jittery

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 0.0320% of movies

68183rd most common word in movies

41945th most common word in books

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