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Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
不費吹灰之力	不费吹灰之力	[bu4 fei4 chui1 hui1 zhi1 li4]	/as easy as blowing off dust/effortless/with ease/	6984	1
潮吹	潮吹	[chao2 chui1]	/female ejaculation/	3867	1
吹	吹	[chui1]	/to blow/to play a wind instrument/to blast/to puff/to boast/to brag/to end in failure/to fall through/	6618	1
吹吹拍拍	吹吹拍拍	[chui1 chui1 pai1 pai1]	/to boast and flatter/	6612	1
吹燈拔蠟	吹灯拔蜡	[chui1 deng1 ba2 la4]	/lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom)/fig. to die/to bite the dust/to be over and done with/	4611	1
吹拂	吹拂	[chui1 fu2]	/to brush/to caress (of breeze)/to praise/	6254	1
吹乾	吹干	[chui1 gan1]	/to blow-dry/	6650	1
吹鼓手	吹鼓手	[chui1 gu3 shou3]	/(old) musicians at a wedding cortege or funeral procession/(fig.) trumpeter of sb's praises/booster/	4062	1
吹管	吹管	[chui1 guan3]	/blowpipe/	6427	1
吹管樂	吹管乐	[chui1 guan3 yue4]	/woodwind music/	6921	1
吹號	吹号	[chui1 hao4]	/to blow a brass instrument/	7052	1
吹鬍子瞪眼	吹胡子瞪眼	[chui1 hu2 zi5 deng4 yan3]	/to get angry; to fume/	973	1
吹灰	吹灰	[chui1 hui1]	/to blow away dust/	6187	1
吹糠見米	吹糠见米	[chui1 kang1 jian4 mi3]	/instant results/lit. blow the husk and see the rice/	6928	1
吹孔	吹孔	[chui1 kong3]	/(of a musical instrument) blow hole/	5880	1
吹口哨	吹口哨	[chui1 kou3 shao4]	/to whistle/	3920	1
吹喇叭	吹喇叭	[chui1 la3 ba5]	/(lit.) blowing the trumpet/(fig.) to praise sb/(slang) to give a blowjob/	4665	1
吹擂	吹擂	[chui1 lei2]	/to talk big/to boast/	4604	1
吹冷風	吹冷风	[chui1 leng3 feng1]	/to blow cold/damping expectations by discouraging or realistic words/	6928	1
吹毛求疵	吹毛求疵	[chui1 mao2 qiu2 ci1]	/lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious/nitpick/	6335	1
吹牛拍馬	吹牛拍马	[chui1 niu2 pai1 ma3]	/to resort to bragging and flattering/	5172	1
吹牛皮	吹牛皮	[chui1 niu2 pi2]	/to boast/to talk big/	4996	1
吹拍	吹拍	[chui1 pai1]	/to resort to bragging and flattering/abbr. for 吹牛拍馬\|吹牛拍马[chui1 niu2 pai1 ma3]/	4995	1
吹捧	吹捧	[chui1 peng3]	/to flatter/to laud sb's accomplishments/adulation/	6654	1
吹氣	吹气	[chui1 qi4]	/to blow air (into)/	6956	1
吹球機	吹球机	[chui1 qiu2 ji1]	/lottery machine/	2269	1
吹散	吹散	[chui1 san4]	/to disperse/	7052	1
吹哨	吹哨	[chui1 shao4]	/to blow a whistle/to whistle/	5311	1
吹臺	吹台	[chui1 tai2]	/(coll.) to fall through/to result in failure/(of a relationship) to break up/	4799	1
吹熄	吹熄	[chui1 xi1]	/to blow out (a flame)/	7052	1
吹襲	吹袭	[chui1 xi2]	/(of wind) to blow fiercely; (of a storm) to strike/	1373	1
吹竽手	吹竽手	[chui1 yu2 shou3]	/player of the yu 竽[yu2] (free reed wind instrument)/	2696	1
吹脹	吹胀	[chui1 zhang4]	/to blow up/to inflate/	5216	1
吹枕邊風	吹枕边风	[chui1 zhen3 bian1 feng1]	/to sway (sb) through pillow talk/	3798	1
吹奏	吹奏	[chui1 zou4]	/to play (wind instruments)/	7015	1
吹風	吹风	[[chui1feng1]]	/to let the wind blow on oneself; to be exposed to the wind; to air out (a room); to blow air (e.g. to dry one's hair)/(fig.) to brief sb informally; to leak or hint at information ahead of formal release/	398	2
吹風機	吹风机	[[chui1feng1ji1]]	/hair dryer/	398	2
吹灰之力	吹灰之力	[[chui1hui1 zhi1 li4]]	/(idiom) a slight effort/	632	2
吹了	吹了	[[chui1le5]]	/failed; busted; to have not succeeded/to have died/to have parted company; to have chilled (of a relationship)/	551	2
吹滅	吹灭	[[chui1mie4]]	/to blow out (a flame)/	717	2
吹牛	吹牛	[[chui1niu2]]	/to talk big; to brag; to shoot off one's mouth/(dialect) to chat idly/	185	2
吹哨人	吹哨人	[[chui1shao4ren2]]	/whistleblower/	697	2
吹水	吹水	[[chui1shui3]]	/(coll.) to chat casually; to shoot the breeze (originally Cantonese)/	115	2
吹簫	吹箫	[[chui1xiao1]]	/to play the xiao 簫\|箫[xiao1], a vertical bamboo flute/(literary) to beg on the streets (abbr. for 吳市吹簫\|吴市吹箫[wu2shi4-chui1xiao1])/(slang) to give a blowjob/	401	2
吹簫乞食	吹箫乞食	[[chui1xiao1-qi3shi2]]	/see 吳市吹簫\|吴市吹箫[wu2shi4-chui1xiao1]/	401	2
吹噓	吹嘘	[[chui1xu1]]	/to brag/	960	2
吹葉機	吹叶机	[[chui1ye4ji1]]	/leaf blower/	398	2
龡	龡	[chui4]	/to blow (a flute)/archaic version of 吹/	7054	1
大吹大擂	大吹大擂	[da4 chui1 da4 lei2]	/to make an exhibition of oneself/ostentation/	5209	1
大風吹	大风吹	[[da4feng1chui1]]	/"The Wind Blows", a game in which one player calls out a category, all players who match it must change seats, and the person left without a seat becomes "it" (鬼[gui3])/	227	2
大肆鼓吹	大肆鼓吹	[[da4si4 gu3chui1]]	/to advocate vociferously/	410	2
電吹風	电吹风	[dian4 chui1 feng1]	/hair dryer/	7103	1
風吹日曬	风吹日晒	[feng1 chui1 ri4 shai4]	/(idiom) to be exposed to the elements/	2396	1
風吹雨打	风吹雨打	[feng1 chui1 yu3 da3]	/lit. windswept and battered by rain/to undergo hardship (idiom)/	6083	1
風吹草動	风吹草动	[[feng1chui1-cao3dong4]]	/(lit.) grass stirring in the wind (idiom)/(fig.) the slightest whiff of trouble/	51	2
告吹	告吹	[gao4 chui1]	/to fizzle out/to come to nothing/	6140	1
鼓吹	鼓吹	[gu3 chui1]	/to agitate for/to enthusiastically promote/	6620	1
鼓吹者	鼓吹者	[gu3 chui1 zhe3]	/advocate/	7103	1
橫吹	横吹	[heng2 chui1]	/military wind and percussion music played on horseback under the Han/transverse flute/to play such a flute/	2019	1
胡吹	胡吹	[hu2 chui1]	/to boast wildly/	7052	1
勁吹	劲吹	[jing4 chui1]	/(of wind) to blow strongly/(fig.) (of trends, changes etc) to sweep through society/	1773	1
砍頭不過風吹帽	砍头不过风吹帽	[kan3 tou2 bu4 guo4 feng1 chui1 mao4]	/to regard decapitation as no more important than the wind blowing off your hat (idiom)/	4769	1
人工吹氣	人工吹气	[[ren2gong1 chui1qi4]]	/to inflate using one's breath; (in CPR) to give a rescue breath/	200	2
什麼風把你吹來的	什么风把你吹来的	[shen2 me5 feng1 ba3 ni3 chui1 lai2 de5]	/What brings you here? (idiom)/	4583	1
吳市吹簫	吴市吹箫	[[wu2shi4-chui1xiao1]]	/(idiom) to beg on the streets; to fall into utter destitution (allusion to Wu Zixu's 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3xu1] exile and humiliation as described in Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian" 史記\|史记[Shi3ji4])/	401	2
洗剪吹	洗剪吹	[xi3 jian3 chui1]	/shampoo, haircut and blow-dry/	6650	1
瞎吹	瞎吹	[xia1 chui1]	/to boast/to shoot one's mouth off/	4553	1
野火春風	野火春风	[ye3 huo3 chun1 feng1]	/abbr. for 野火燒不盡，春風吹又生\|野火烧不尽，春风吹又生[ye3 huo3 shao1 bu4 jin4 , chun1 feng1 chui1 you4 sheng1]/	4232	1
野火燒不盡，春風吹又生	野火烧不尽，春风吹又生	[ye3 huo3 shao1 bu4 jin4 , chun1 feng1 chui1 you4 sheng1]	/lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb)/fig. cannot be easily eliminated/abbr. to 野火春風\|野火春风[ye3 huo3 chun1 feng1]/	4232	1
因吹斯汀	因吹斯汀	[yin1 chui1 si1 ting1]	/(loanword) interesting/	2829	1
玉人吹簫	玉人吹箫	[yu4 ren2 chui1 xiao1]	/virtuoso piper wins a beauty/the xiao 簫\|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) virtuoso 蕭史\|萧史[Xiao1 Shi3] won for his wife the beautiful daughter of Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公[Qin2 Mu4 gong1]/	1951	1
自吹自擂	自吹自擂	[zi4 chui1 zi4 lei2]	/to blow one's own trumpet (idiom)/	6187	1
自我吹噓	自我吹嘘	[zi4 wo3 chui1 xu1]	/to blow one's own horn (idiom)/	4689	1

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