| 树大招风 |
shù dà zhāo fēng |
lit. a tall tree attracts the wind (idiom) / fig. a famous or rich person attracts criticism |
| 树 |
shù |
tree / CL:棵 / to cultivate / to set up |
| 大 |
dà |
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 |
dài |
see 大夫 |
| 招 |
zhāo |
to recruit / to provoke / to beckon / to incur / to infect / contagious / a move (chess) / a maneuver / device / trick / to confess |
| 招风 |
zhāo fēng |
to catch the wind / (fig.) to attract criticism because of one's prominence |
| 风 |
fēng |
wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:阵,丝 |