疾风劲草 (疾風勁草)
jí fēng jìng cǎo
Pinyin
Definition
疾风劲草 (疾風勁草)
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- the storm put strong grass to the test (idiom); fig. troubled times test a faithful minister
- to show one's true colors after a stern test
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
不疾不徐
- 1 neither too fast nor too slow (idiom)
人生一世,草木一春
- 1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
兔子不吃窝边草
- 1 A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
兵马未动,粮草先行
- 1 before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers
- 2 an army marches on its stomach
剪草除根
- 1 lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch
- 2 to eradicate