栉风沐雨 [櫛風沐雨] - lit. to comb one's hair in the wind and wash it in the rain (idiom), fig. to work in the open regardless of the weather - zhì fēng mù yǔ | Definition | ChinesePod.com

栉风沐雨 (櫛風沐雨)

zhì fēng mù yǔ

Pinyin

Definition

栉风沐雨 (櫛風沐雨)

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zhì fēng mù yǔ

lit. to comb one's hair in the wind and wash it in the rain (idiom)
fig. to work in the open regardless of the weather

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

xià yǔ

1 to rain

yǔ

1 rain
2 classifier: 阵 zhèn
3 classifier: 场 cháng

mào yǔ

1 to brave the rain

dà yǔ

1 heavy rain
2 classifier: 场 cháng

xiǎo yǔ

1 light rain
2 drizzle

Idioms (20)

一雨成秋

yī yǔ chéng qiū

1 a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)

干打雷，不下雨

gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ

1 all thunder but no rain (idiom)
2 a lot of noise but no action

呼风唤雨

hū fēng huàn yǔ

1 to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers
2 fig. to stir up troubles

唤雨呼风

huàn yǔ hū fēng

1 to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom)
2 to exercise magical powers
3 fig. to stir up troubles
4 also 呼風喚雨|呼风唤雨[hū fēng huàn yǔ]

天要落雨，娘要嫁人

tiān yào luò yǔ , niáng yào jià rén

1 the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)
2 fig. the natural order of things
3 something you can't go against