惊涛骇浪

驚濤駭浪

jīngtāo-hàilàng

idiom #45,647

Meanings

HSK 4

面对人生的惊涛骇浪，他始终保持冷静。

Miànduì rénshēng de jīngtāo-hàilàng, tā shǐzhōng bǎochí lěngjìng.

Faced with life's storms, he stayed calm throughout.

HSK 5

公司经历了几次惊涛骇浪，终于稳住了局面。

Gōngsī jīnglì le jǐ cì jīngtāo-hàilàng, zhōngyú wěnzhù le júmiàn.

The company weathered several major crises before finally stabilizing.

HSK 7-9

渔船在惊涛骇浪中艰难前行。

Yúchuán zài jīngtāo-hàilàng zhōng jiānnán qiánxíng.

The fishing boat struggled forward through terrifying waves.

memory

惊 + 骇 are near-synonyms for 'terrifying'; 涛 + 浪 both mean big waves. Doubled intensity for both halves - a really wild sea.

history

From the Tang writer 田颖's 《海云楼记》, where a man at peace recalls past 惊涛骇浪 he survived and shudders.

惊 jīng

涛 tāo

骇 hài

浪 làng