- lit. a tall tree attracts the wind (idiom)
- fig. a famous or rich person attracts criticism
Characters
- 树 (樹): tree; CL:棵[ke1]; to cultivate; to set up
- 大 (大): big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- 招 (招): to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess
- 风 (風): wind; news; style; custom; manner; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 树大招风
- MDBG: 树大招风
- Examples with 树大招风 on Tatoeba
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