| 呼之欲出 |
hū zhī yù chū |
lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom) / fig. on the verge of coming out into the open / (of a person's choice etc) on the point of being disclosed / (of an artistic depiction) vividly portrayed |
| 呼 |
hū |
to call / to cry / to shout / to breath out / to exhale |
| 呼 |
hū |
variant of 呼 / to shout / to call out |
| 之 |
zhī |
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it |
| 欲 |
yù |
desire / appetite / passion / lust / greed |
| 欲 |
yù |
to wish for / to desire / variant of 欲 |
| 出 |
chū |
to go out; to come out / to arise; to occur / to produce; to yield / to go beyond; to exceed / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc |
| 出 |
chū |
variant of 出 (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) |