长风破浪

長風破浪
chángfēngpòlàng
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 to ride the long wind and break the waves
  2. 2 to have grand ambitions and press forward fearlessly

Examples

Niánqīngrén jiù gāi yǒu chángfēngpòlàng de zhìqì.
Young people should have the spirit of riding the wind and cresting the waves.
Gōngsī jīnnián chángfēngpòlàng, yèjì fān le yī fān.
The company surged ahead this year, doubling its results.

Tips

history
From the 《·》 (Book of Song, Biography of Zong Que): when his uncle Bing asked the young Zong Que about his ambitions, he answered 万里 — 'I wish to mount the long wind and break ten thousand li of waves'. Li Bai later quoted the line in 《》: 长风破浪有时沧海.
memory
Visual: a ship with sails set, slicing through massive ocean swells. = the long, sustained wind that fills the sails; = cutting through waves. The image is forward, unstoppable motion.

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