“wind” in Mandarin Chinese

Meaning in English

1. (noun) the act of winding or twisting 2. (noun) breath 3. (noun) a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus 4. (noun) a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath 5. (noun) an indication of potential opportunity 6. (noun) empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk 7. (noun) air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure 8. (noun) a tendency or force that influences events 9. (verb) coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem 10. (verb) form into a wreath 11. (verb) raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help 12. (verb) arrange or coil around 13. (verb) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course 14. (verb) catch the scent of; get wind of 15. (verb) extend in curves and turns

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