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捕风捉影
bǔ fēng zhuō yǐng
What 捕风捉影 means
- lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations
- to act on hearsay evidence
The characters in 捕风捉影
- 捕bǔto catch; to seize; to capture
- 风fēngwind; news; style
- 捉zhuōto clutch; to grab; to capture
- 影yǐngpicture; image; film
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