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風雲人物

/fɤŋ⁵⁵ yn³⁵ ɻən³⁵ u⁵¹/
heroic figure; famed personage; man of the hour
  • 风云人物
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Origin

The phrase is composed of four characters. 風 means wind, and 雲 means cloud. The character 雲 is formed with the semantic component 雨 (rain) and the phonetic component 云 (to say; to speak).

人 means man, person, or people, while 物 means thing or matter. The character 物 is formed with the semantic component 牛 (bovine) and the phonetic component 勿 (do not; don't).

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

這個詞組由四個漢字組成：風、雲、人、物。其中，「風」指的是風；「雲」指的是雲，其字形包含表示「雨」的意符，以及表示音符的「云」。「人」指的是人；「物」指的是事物或事情，其字形包含表示「牛」的意符，以及表示音符的「勿」。

從字形結構來看，「雲」字結合了意符「雨」與音符「云」；「物」字則結合了意符「牛」與音符「勿」。這些組成元素共同構成此詞，用以形容在特定情境下表現卓越、深具影響力的人物。

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

Lineage

  • characterChinese風 “wind (Classifier: 陣／阵 m; 股 m)”
  • characterChinese雲 “cloud (Classifier: 片 m; 朵 m; 嚿 c)”
    • meaningChinese雨 “rain (Classifier: 陣／阵; 場／场)”
    • soundChinese云 “to say; to speak (used when quoting from a source)”
  • characterChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
  • characterChinese物 “thing, matter”
    • meaningChinese牛 “bovine, e.g. cow, bull, ox, buffalo, bison, yak (Classifier: 頭／头 m c mb md; 條／条 m g h x; 隻／只 m c g …”
    • soundChinese勿 “do not; don't”
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Meanings

phrase
  1. heroic figure; famed personage; man of the hour

國語辭典 definitions

  1. 表現特出，深具知名度及影響力的人。 例：他才華洋溢，樣樣比賽都得第一，是學校裡的風雲人物。

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Sources

  • etymagent (local gemma4:26b) — Generated
  • 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
  • Written form — n/a
  • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0