Definition
一阵风 literally means 'a gust of wind', but it is often used figuratively with 似的 to describe someone or something moving very fast or acting in a sudden, brief burst—similar to 'like a whirlwind' in English. Despite the noun part of speech, it commonly appears as an adverbial phrase (一阵风似的) to modify verbs of motion (跑、走、冲等). Note that 一 in the citation form is yī, but in natural speech it changes to yí before the fourth-tone 阵.
n.
a gust of wind(figurative) a briefswift burst of activity or movement
Examples
- 一阵风。Wàimiàn chuī guò yī zhèn fēng.A gust of wind blew outside.
- 一阵风。Tā yī zhèn fēng shì de pǎo jìn le jiàoshì.He ran into the classroom like a gust of wind.
- ，一阵风。Tā zuò wán gōngzuò, yī zhèn fēng shì de zǒu le.She finished her work and left in a flash.
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