风声鹤唳
Traditional form:
風聲鶴唳
Pinyin (reading):
fēngshēnghèlì
Definitions:
- lit. wind sighing and crane calling (idiom)
- fig. to panic at the slightest move
- to be jittery
Characters:
- 风 - wind; air; customs, manners; news
- 声 - sound, noise; voice, tone, music
- 鹤 - crane; Grus species (various)
- 唳 - a bird's cry
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