无限风光在险峰

無限風光在險峰

wúxiàn fēngguāng zài xiǎn fēng

quotation

Meanings

1 the boundless vista lies on the perilous peak
2 the best views come only after the hardest climbs
3 only risk and effort yield the greatest rewards

Characters

perilous / steep

Examples

HSK 7-9

攻克这个技术难题后，他才真正体会到无限风光在险峰。

Gōngkè zhège jìshù nántí hòu, tā cái zhēnzhèng tǐhuì dào wúxiànfēngguāngzàixiǎnfēng.

Only after cracking this technical problem did he truly feel that 'the boundless view is at the perilous peak.'

HSK 7-9

创业虽然艰辛，但无限风光在险峰。

Chuàngyè suīrán jiānxīn, dàn wúxiànfēngguāngzàixiǎnfēng.

Starting a business is grueling, but the greatest view lies on the perilous peak.

Tips

history

From Mao Zedong's 1961 poem 《七绝·为李进同志题所摄庐山仙人洞照》, inscribed on a photograph of the Immortals' Cave at Mount Lu: 天生一个仙人洞，无限风光在险峰 - 'Heaven made this Immortal's Cave; the boundless vista lies on the perilous peak.' Now a stock line in Chinese motivational rhetoric.

Stroke Order

无 wú

限 xiàn

风 fēng

光 guāng

在 zài

险 xiǎn

峰 fēng