暴风骤雨

暴風驟雨
bàofēng-zhòuyǔ
idiom HSK 7-9 #44,039

Meanings

  1. 1 violent storm; tempest
  2. 2 turbulent events; a sudden onslaught

Characters

Literally 'violent wind, sudden rain' — a paired structure (暴风 + ) describing extreme weather or metaphorically, extreme upheaval.

Examples

Yì chǎng bàofēng-zhòuyǔ tūrán lái xí.
A violent storm suddenly struck.
Jīngguò bàofēng-zhòuyǔ bān de biàngé, gōngsī huànrányìxīn.
After a storm of reforms, the company took on a completely new look.

Tips

history
暴风骤雨 is also the title of Zhou Libo's 1948 novel about land reform in northeast China, which won a Stalin Prize. The phrase became closely associated with revolutionary upheaval.

In Pop Culture

暴风骤雨 Bàofēng-zhòuyǔ
1948 novel by Zhou Libo about land reform, won Stalin Prize

Stroke Order

bào
fēng
zhòu