红旗漫卷西风

紅旗漫卷西風
hóngqímànjuǎnxīfēng
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 red flags rolling in the west wind
  2. 2 (fig.) the army's banners sweeping forward triumphantly
  3. 3 (lit.) red banners flow-rolling in the west wind

Examples

Yuèbīngshì shàng, hóngqí mànjuǎn xīfēng, chǎngmiàn zhuàngguān.
At the military parade, 'red flags rolled in the west wind' — a majestic sight.
Nà shǒu cí lǐ hóngqí mànjuǎn xīfēng yī jù qìshì pángbó.
The line 'red flags rolling in the west wind' in that ci has sweeping grandeur.

Tips

history
From 毛泽东·》(Mao Zedong, October 1935), written crossing Liupanshan at the end of the Long March: 不到长城好汉行程山上高峰西今日何时 (Sky is high, clouds are pale; I gaze until the southbound geese are gone. He who does not reach the Great Wall is no true man — counting on fingers, twenty thousand li. On Liupan's high peak, red flags roll in the west wind. Today the long cord is in my hand; when shall I bind the gray dragon?).
usage
describes the loose, sweeping billow of a large flag — not tight furling. 西 in classical poetry is the autumn wind, often cold and melancholy; Mao flips it into something triumphant.

Stroke Order

hóng
màn
juǎn
西
fēng