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Chinese idioms like 「尋風捉影」 represent a high level of language skill. This free guide helps you learn their meaning and use.

Here’s the idiom 「尋風捉影」, with its definition and practical application described below.

A metaphor for speaking and doing things without any basis.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xún fēng zhuō yǐng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

cham4 fung1 juk1 ying2

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