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风吹雨打

風吹雨打
fēngchuīyǔdǎ
idiom #52,529

Meanings

  1. 1 buffeted by wind and rain
  2. 2 (figurative) hardships and trials
  3. 3 the storms of life

Examples

这棵老树经历了几十年的风吹雨打。
Zhè kē lǎo shù jīnglì le jǐ shí nián de fēngchuīyǔdǎ.
This old tree has weathered decades of wind and rain.
她经过这么多风吹雨打，变得更加坚强了。
Tā jīngguò zhème duō fēngchuīyǔdǎ, biàn de gèngjiā jiānqiáng le.
After so much hardship, she's grown even stronger.
公司不怕风吹雨打，挺过了金融危机。
Gōngsī bùpà fēngchuīyǔdǎ, tǐng guò le jīnróng wéijī.
Unafraid of storms, the company pulled through the financial crisis.

Tips

memory
Two halves of bad weather: 风吹 (wind blowing) and 雨打 (rain beating). Stand outside in both for long enough and you've experienced 风吹雨打.
history
From 杜甫's Tang quatrain 《三绝句》, originally lamenting flowers battered by spring storms — later generalized to any kind of hardship.

Stroke Order

风 fēng
吹 chuī
雨 yǔ
打 dǎ