We’re offering free resources to help you learn Chinese. In this series, idioms and proverbs take center stage, known for their deep meanings and versatile usage. Today’s idiom is 「樹高招風」, explained below.
This introduction highlights the idiom 「樹高招風」, with its meaning and examples explained below.
It is a metaphor that once people become famous or have money, they will easily attract attention and get into trouble. Same as “A tall tree attracts the wind.”
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shù gāo zhāo fēng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
syu6 gou1 jiu1 fung1
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.
