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呼之欲出

hū zhī yù chū

4-character word

What 呼之欲出 means

1. lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom)
2. fig. on the verge of coming out into the open
3. (of a person's choice etc) on the point of being disclosed
4. (of an artistic depiction) vividly portrayed

The characters in 呼之欲出

• 呼hūto call; to cry; to shout
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 欲yùdesire; appetite; passion
• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield

Example sentences

• 话到舌尖，呼之欲出
  Huà dào shéjiān, hūzhīyùchū
  It's on the tip of my tongue.