Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「一呼百應」.
Here, we present the idiom 「一呼百應」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
When one person called out, many people responded immediately.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yī hū bǎi yīng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yat1 fu1 baak3 ying3
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
