The sound of the wind

The sound of the wind

The sound of the wind from the crane is a Chinese idiom. The Pinyin is h è L ì f ē ngsh ē ng, which means that when you hear the sound of the wind and the cry of the crane, you are suspicious of pursuing soldiers. It describes a person who is suspicious when he is in a panic. It comes from the biography of Xie Xuan in the book of Jin.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: fear in the wind

Idiom usage

In order to catch up with them, we should not teach them how to get rid of them. "Jinjian Ji · defeat" by Zhou Lvjing in Ming Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Xie Xuan in the book of Jin, "when you hear the wind, you think that Master Wang has arrived."

Idiom story

In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Fujian, the former king of the state of Qin, attempted to destroy the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Xie an, the Prime Minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, sent Xie Shi as the governor of Dadu to attack the Qin army. When Fu Jian boarded Shouyang City, he saw that Jin Jun's lineup was neat, and he was a little afraid. The Jin army besieged the Qin army in Fujian with a plan, but the Qin army was defeated. When they heard the wind or the cry of cranes in the process of fleeing, they thought they were pursuing troops.