听风就是雨 tīng fēng jiù shì yǔ

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. to believe in the rain on hearing the wind (idiom)
  2. to believe rumors
  3. to be credulous

CHARACTERS

听 tīng
HSK 1
hear; understand; obey, comply
风 fēng
HSK 3
wind; air; manners, atmosphere
就 jiù
HSK 2
just, simply; to come, go to; to approach, near
是 shì
HSK 1
indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that
雨 yǔ
HSK 1
rain; rainy; KangXi radical 173