吹灰 chuīhuī

1. chuīhuī phrase to blow the gray reeds
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A seasonal marker for the arrival of winter (Guoyu '吹灰' 2)
2. chuīhuī phrase to blow away dust
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '吹灰'; Guoyu '吹灰' 1)

Contained in

• 吹灰之力 as easy as pie
• 不费吹灰之力(不費吹灰之力) as easy as blowing off dust; effortless; with ease

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• 卷16　志第11 律曆上 Volume 16 Treatises 11: Measures and the Calendar 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 2
• 卷十一　齊俗訓 Chapter 11: Combining Customs Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 1
• 卷十八 志第十 祥瑞 Volume 18 Treatises 10: Auspicious Signs Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 1
• 卷四九　補列傳第四一 方伎 Volume 49 Biographies 41: Arts Book of Northern Qi 北齊書 — count: 1
• 卷八十九　列傳第七十七:　藝術上 Volume 89 Biographies 77: Diviners 1 History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 1
• 卷十六 志第六 律曆上 Volume 16 Treatises 6: Rhythm and the Calendar Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 1

Collocations

• 管吹灰 (管吹灰) 律管吹灰 — Book of Northern Qi 北齊書, 卷四九　補列傳第四一 方伎 Volume 49 Biographies 41: Arts — count: 2