风平浪静 (風平浪靜)
fēng píng làng jìng
Pinyin
Definition
风平浪静 (風平浪靜)
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- lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom); tranquil environment
- all is quiet
- a dead calm (at sea)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一波未平,一波又起
- 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
- 2 many twists and turns to a story
- 3 one thing after another
一碗水端平
- 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be impartial
一马平川
- 1 flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country
乘风破浪
- 1 to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions
任凭风浪起,稳坐钓鱼台
- 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
- 2 a cool head in a crisis