呼风唤雨

• 拼音: hū fēng huàn yǔ
• 汉字拆解: 呼 = 口 (mouth) + 乎 (phonetic) — to call out; 风 — wind; 唤 = 口 + 奂 (phonetic) — to summon; 雨 — rain

含义

To command the wind and summon the rain; to wield great power and influence. Describing someone who can control situations or people at will.

Originally described the supernatural powers of gods or sorcerers. Now used figuratively for people of exceptional power, influence, or capability — particularly in business, politics, or social circles. Can have a slightly negative connotation of domineering behaviour.

例句

1. 他在商界呼风唤雨多年，旗下企业遍布多个行业，令对手望而生畏。
2. 在信息技术革命之前，谁也没有预料到几位年轻创业者竟能在短短数年间呼风唤雨，彻底颠覆传统产业格局。
3. 政界中那些能够呼风唤雨的人物，往往在台前台后都建立了深厚的利益网络。

用法指南

语境: business, politics, power, figurative

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 这位金融大亨在华尔街呼风唤雨长达二十年，其一举一动都能对全球市场产生不可忽视的波动影响。(This financial magnate has wielded enormous power on Wall Street for twenty years; his every move can send ripples through global markets that cannot be ignored.)
• 科技革命让一批原本默默无闻的工程师迅速崛起，在数字经济领域呼风唤雨，重新定义了财富与权力的分布格局。(The technology revolution allowed a cohort of previously obscure engineers to rise rapidly and wield great influence in the digital economy, redefining the distribution of wealth and power.)

错误说法

• 呼风唤雨 for someone with only modest local influence — the idiom implies commanding, wide-ranging power; use 有点影响力 or 说话有分量 for more ordinary levels of sway

起源与历史

Idiom from classical Chinese mythology: 呼 (call out) + 风 (wind) + 唤 (summon) + 雨 (rain) — to summon wind and rain at will, as deities or immortals were believed to do

文化背景

时代: Traditional to Modern

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal