风雨

風雨

fēngyǔ

noun HSK 7-9 #17,172

Meanings

1 wind and rain
2 the elements
3 trials and hardships

Characters

Examples

不管风雨多大，他都坚持上班。

Bùguǎn fēngyǔ duō dà, tā dōu jiānchí shàngbān.

No matter how bad the weather, he insists on going to work.

他们一起经历了很多风雨。

Tāmen yīqǐ jīnglì le hěnduō fēngyǔ.

They went through many hardships together.

Tips

usage

Very commonly used figuratively to mean hardships. The phrase 风雨同舟 (fēngyǔ tóngzhōu) — 'to weather the storm together' — means to share trials and tribulations.

Stroke Order

风 fēng

雨 yǔ