通风报信

通風報信

tōngfēngbàoxìn

idiom #19,171

Meanings

1 to secretly tip someone off
2 to leak information

Characters

to pass through

message; letter

Examples

是谁给他们通风报信的？

Shì shéi gěi tāmen tōngfēngbàoxìn de?

Who tipped them off?

有人暗中通风报信，计划泄露了。

Yǒu rén ànzhōng tōngfēngbàoxìn, jìhuà xièlòu le.

Someone secretly leaked the information and the plan was exposed.

Tips

memory

通风 (let the wind through) + 报信 (deliver a message) — letting the wind carry a secret message to the other side.

Stroke Order

通 tōng

风 fēng

报 bào

信 xìn