风媒

风翻白浪花千片 fēngfānbáilànghuāqiānpiàn

wind flips the white waves into a thousand petals of spray / a vivid image of a wind-churned lake or sea / (lit.) wind turning white waves, a thousand flower-pieces

风流总被雨打风吹去 fēngliúzǒngbèiyǔdǎfēngchuīqù

all glory and romance are in the end beaten by rain and blown off by wind / (fig.) the splendor of past heroes and times inevitably fades into history / (lit.) elegance / dash — always gets rain-struck and wind-blown away

风萧萧兮易水寒 fēngxiāoxiāoxīyìshuǐhán

the wind soughs, and the Yi River runs cold / desolate, resolute departure toward almost-certain death / lit. wind — soughing! — the Yi water is cold

风展红旗如画 fēngzhǎnhóngqírúhuà

the wind unfurls the red banners — a scene like a painting / (fig.) a rousing, picturesque image of revolutionary army / victory / (lit.) wind — unfurl — red — banner — like — painting

风正一帆悬 fēngzhèngyīfānxuán

a steady wind holds the single sail poised — a state of calm, favourable progress / literally: the wind is straight, a single sail hangs

君子之德风 jūnzǐzhīdéfēng

the virtue of the gentleman is like the wind / a gentleman's moral force sways others as wind sways grass / (lit.) the gentleman's virtue is wind

风 fēng HSK 1 #1,507

wind / breeze

风声 fēngshēng #7,341

sound of the wind / rumor; news; word (of something)

风吹日晒 fēngchuīrìshài

to be blown by wind and baked by sun / exposed to the elements / weather-beaten

风雨交加 fēngyǔjiāojiā

wind and rain together / wild and stormy weather / (figuratively) hardships piling up