长风破浪
cháng fēng pò làng
Pinyin

Definition

长风破浪
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cháng fēng pò làng
  1. lit. to ride the wind and crest the waves
  2. to be ambitious and unafraid (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

新浪
Xīn làng
  1. 1 Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company
浪
làng
  1. 1 wave
  2. 2 breaker
  3. 3 unrestrained
  4. 4 dissipated
  5. 5 to stroll
  6. 6 to ramble
浪漫
làng màn
  1. 1 romantic
浪费
làng fèi
  1. 1 to waste
  2. 2 to squander
破
pò
  1. 1 broken
  2. 2 damaged
  3. 3 worn out
  4. 4 lousy
  5. 5 rotten
  6. 6 to break, split or cleave
  7. 7 to get rid of
  8. 8 to destroy
  9. 9 to break with
  10. 10 to defeat
  11. 11 to capture (a city etc)
  12. 12 to expose the truth of
打破
dǎ pò
  1. 1 to break
  2. 2 to smash
拿破仑
Ná pò lún
  1. 1 variant of 拿破崙|拿破仑[Ná pò lún]
新浪网
Xīn làng Wǎng
  1. 1 Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company
波浪
bō làng
  1. 1 wave
流浪
liú làng
  1. 1 to drift about
  2. 2 to wander
  3. 3 to roam
  4. 4 nomadic
  5. 5 homeless
  6. 6 unsettled (e.g. population)
  7. 7 vagrant
浪人
làng rén
  1. 1 vagrant
  2. 2 unemployed person
  3. 3 rōnin (wandering masterless samurai)
浪子
làng zǐ
  1. 1 loafer
  2. 2 wastrel
  3. 3 prodigal son
海浪
hǎi làng
  1. 1 sea wave
看破
kàn pò
  1. 1 to see through
  2. 2 disillusioned with
  3. 3 to reject (the world of mortals)
破坏
pò huài
  1. 1 destruction
  2. 2 damage
  3. 3 to wreck
  4. 4 to break
  5. 5 to destroy
破晓
pò xiǎo
  1. 1 daybreak
  2. 2 dawn
破灭
pò miè
  1. 1 to be shattered
  2. 2 to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)
破烂
pò làn
  1. 1 worn-out
  2. 2 rotten
  3. 3 dilapidated
  4. 4 tattered
  5. 5 ragged
  6. 6 rubbish
  7. 7 junk
破产
pò chǎn
  1. 1 to go bankrupt
  2. 2 to become impoverished
  3. 3 bankruptcy
破碎
pò suì
  1. 1 to smash to pieces
  2. 2 to shatter

Idioms (20)

一语道破
yī yǔ dào pò
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head
  3. 3 to be pithy and correct
不是鱼死就是网破
bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
  1. 1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
  3. 3 it's either him or me
乘风破浪
chéng fēng pò làng
  1. 1 to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions
任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台
rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái
  1. 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
  2. 2 a cool head in a crisis
势如破竹
shì rú pò zhú
  1. 1 like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
  2. 2 with irresistible force
国破家亡
guó pò jiā wáng
  1. 1 the country ruined and the people starving (idiom)
大破大立
dà pò dà lì
  1. 1 to destroy the old and establish the new (idiom)
  2. 2 radical transformation
家破人亡
jiā pò rén wáng
  1. 1 family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned
  2. 2 destitute and homeless
打破砂锅问到底
dǎ pò shā guō wèn dào dǐ
  1. 1 to go to the bottom of things (idiom)
支离破碎
zhī lí pò suì
  1. 1 scattered and smashed (idiom)
放浪不羁
fàng làng bù jī
  1. 1 wanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute
放浪形骸
fàng làng xíng hái
  1. 1 to abandon all restraint (idiom)
浪子回头
làng zǐ huí tóu
  1. 1 the return of a prodigal son (idiom)
浪得虚名
làng dé xū míng
  1. 1 to have an undeserved reputation (idiom)
浪迹天涯
làng jì tiān yá
  1. 1 to roam far and wide (idiom)
  2. 2 to travel the world
无风三尺浪
wú fēng sān chǐ làng
  1. 1 lit. large waves in windless conditions (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. trouble arising unexpectedly
无风不起浪
wú fēng bù qǐ làng
  1. 1 lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom); there must be a reason
  2. 2 no smoke without fire
看破红尘
kān pò hóng chén
  1. 1 to see through the world of mortals (idiom, of Buddhist monk)
  2. 2 disillusioned with human society
  3. 3 to reject the world for a monastic life
破涕为笑
pò tì wéi xiào
  1. 1 to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness
破竹之势
pò zhú zhī shì
  1. 1 lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force

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