Zhècì jīngjì wēijī zhēnshì jífēng zhī jìngcǎo, hěnduō qǐyè dōu dǎo le, zhǐyǒu tā jiānchí le xiàlái.
This economic crisis really showed who had the mettle - many firms collapsed, only this one held on.
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history
From 东观汉记 (Eastern Han). Emperor Guangwu of Han told his general Wang Ba: of those who followed me from Yingchuan, all have departed, only you remain; now I know that a fierce wind reveals the strong grass. The phrase became the classic Chinese metaphor for loyalty tested by adversity.
memory
Think of grass bent flat in a storm - the blades still standing are the 劲草 (sturdy grass). The fiercer the wind, the more obvious their strength.
