顺风耳 (shùn fēng ěr) — (noun) a well-informed person; someone who knows all the latest gossip or news; (noun) a mythological character in Chinese folklore with supernatural hearing
Definition
From Journey to the West: a mythological figure with supernatural hearing, paired with 千里眼. Colloquially, calling someone a 顺风耳 means they're always in the know.
noun
a well-informed personsomeone who knows all the latest gossip or newsa mythological character in Chinese folklore with supernatural hearing
Examples
- 《》，顺风耳。Zài 《xī yóu jì》 zhōng, shùn fēng ěr hé qiān lǐ yǎn shì yí duì xiōng dì.In Journey to the West, the Wind-Listening Ear and the Thousand-Li Eye are a pair of brothers.
- 顺风耳，。Tā zhēn shì gè shùn fēng ěr, shén me xiāo xi dōu zhī dào.He really is a well-informed person; he knows all the news.
- ，顺风耳。Gǔ dài chuán shuō zhōng, shùn fēng ěr néng tīng dào qiān lǐ zhī wài de shēng yīn.In ancient legends, the Wind-Listening Ear could hear sounds from a thousand miles away.
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