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树大招风
shù dà zhāo fēng
What 树大招风 means
- lit. a tall tree attracts the wind (idiom)
- fig. a famous or rich person attracts criticism
The characters in 树大招风
- 树shùtree; to cultivate; to set up
- 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
- 招zhāoto recruit; to provoke; to beckon
- 风fēngwind; news; style
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