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Trad. 採風
- to collect local cultural material (recording folk songs, taking photos etc)
Trad. 風土
- natural conditions and social customs of a place
- local conditions
Trad. 風城
- the Windy City, nickname for Chicago 芝加哥[Zhi1 jia1 ge1], Wellington, New Zealand 惠靈頓|惠灵顿[Hui4 ling2 dun4] and Hsinchu, Taiwan 新竹[Xin1 zhu2]
Trad. 風塵
- windblown dust
- hardships of travel
- vicissitudes of life
- prostitution
Trad. 學風
- style of study
- academic atmosphere
- school discipline
- school traditions
Trad. 下風
- leeward
- downwind
- disadvantageous position
- to concede or give way in an argument
Trad. 風情
- mien
- bearing
- grace
- amorous feelings
- flirtatious expressions
- local conditions and customs
- wind force, direction etc
Trad. 風投
- venture capital investment (abbr. for 風險投資|风险投资[feng1 xian3 tou2 zi1])
Trad. 風暴
- storm
- violent commotion
- fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc)
Trad. 風標
- wind vane
- anemometer
- weathercock
- fig. person who switches allegiance readily
- turncoat
Trad. 招風
- to catch the wind
- (fig.) to attract criticism because of one's prominence
Trad. 風流
- distinguished and accomplished
- outstanding
- talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle
- romantic
- dissolute
- loose
Trad. 風箏
- kite (Etymology: Kites with bamboo whistles attached produced musical sounds when flown.)
Trad. 放風
- to allow in fresh air
- to allow a prisoner out for exercise
- to give out information
Trad. 防風
- to protect from wind
- fangfeng (Saposhnikovia divaricata), its root used in TCM
Trad. 祛風
- to relieve (cold, rheumatic pain etc)
- lit. to dispel pathogenic wind (TCM)
Trad. 跟風
- to go with the tide
- to blindly follow the crowd
- to follow the trend
Trad. 春風
- spring breeze
- (fig.) pleasant demeanor; serene atmosphere; favorable conditions
- (literary) romantic encounter; an affair
Trad. 鼓風
- a forced draft (of wind, for smelting metal)
- blast (in blast furnace)
- bellows
- to draw air using bellows
Trad. 驚風
- infantile convulsion (illness affecting children esp. under the age of five, marked by muscular spasms)
Trad. 吹風
- to let the wind blow on oneself; to be exposed to the wind; to air out (a room); to blow air (e.g. to dry one's hair)
- (fig.) to brief sb informally; to leak or hint at information ahead of formal release
Trad. 古風
- old style
- old custom
- a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1]
Trad. 東風
- easterly wind
- spring breeze
- (fig.) revolutionary momentum; favorable circumstances
Trad. 風頭
- wind direction
- the way the wind blows
- fig. trend
- direction of events
- how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself)
- public opinion (concerning one's actions)
- publicity (usually derog.)
- limelight
Trad. 民風
- popular customs
- folkways
- the character of the people of a nation (or region etc)
Trad. 把風
- to keep watch (during a clandestine activity)
- to be on the lookout
Trad. 遺風
- tradition or style from the past
- old ways
- surviving tradition
- relic
Trad. 整風
- Rectification or Rectifying incorrect work styles, Maoist slogan
- cf Rectification campaign 整風運動|整风运动, army purge of 1942-44 and anti-rightist purge of 1957
Trad. 閬風
- Langfeng Mountain
- same as Langyuan 閬苑|阆苑[Lang4 yuan4] paradise, home of the immortals in verse and legends
Trad. 躲風
- lit. to avoid the wind
- fig. to keep low to avoid a difficult situation
- to stay out of trouble
Trad. 風光
- scene
- view
- sight
- landscape
- to be well-regarded
- to be well-off
- grand (dialect)
- impressive (dialect)
Trad. 口風
- meaning behind the words
- what sb really means to say
- one's intentions as revealed in one's words
- tone of speech
Trad. 風口
- air vent
- drafty place
- wind gap (geology)
- tuyere (furnace air nozzle)
- (fig.) hot trend
- fad
Trad. 威風
- awe-inspiring bearing; authority; power
- imposing; impressive; majestic
Trad. 風向
- wind direction
- the way the wind is blowing
- fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones)
- how things are developing
- course of events