- lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom)
- fig. on the verge of coming out into the open
- (of a person's choice etc) on the point of being disclosed
- (of an artistic depiction) vividly portrayed
Characters
- 呼 (呼): to call; to cry; to shout; to breath out; to exhale
- 之 (之): (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 欲 (慾): desire; appetite; passion; lust; greed
- 出 (出): to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
Resources
- Wiktionary: 呼之欲出
- MDBG: 呼之欲出
- Examples with 呼之欲出 on Tatoeba
Examples
话到舌尖，呼之欲出