闻风而动
闻风而动
wén fēng ér dòng
to respond instantly; to act at once on hearing the news
verb
Traditional: 聞風而動
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- (verb) to respond instantly
- to act at once on hearing the news
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Related Words
百闻不如一见(bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn)· seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others
→一呼百应(yī hū bǎi yìng)· a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
→作答(zuò dá)· to answer
→来而不往非礼也(lái ér bù wǎng fēi lǐ yě)· not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical)
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