风暴 (風暴)
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Pinyin
Definition
风暴 (風暴)
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- storm
- violent commotion
- fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (9)
一暴十寒
- 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
- 2 sporadic effort
- 3 short attention span
不畏强暴
- 1 not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence
暴虎冯河
- 1 lit. fight tigers with one's bare hands and wade across raging rivers (idiom)
- 2 fig. to display foolhardy courage
横征暴敛
- 1 to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
横正暴敛
- 1 to levy exorbitant taxes (idiom)
Sample Sentences
从“暂停”到“重启”,这是无数人翘首企盼的一幕。武汉,一度是新冠肺炎疫情的“风暴中心”,全市累计报告确诊病例50008例,病亡2572例。
From "pause" to "restart", this is a scene which countless people are looking forward to. Wuhan, once was the "storm centre" of COVID-19 pandemic, has a total of 50,008 confirmed cases and 2,572 deaths reported.
最近不知道这世界怎么了!美国次贷风暴引发金融危机,雷曼兄弟公司倒闭了,政府出巨资救市,我看也是白搭,关键是人们无力偿还贷款,这无底洞美国政府能填得平吗?
I don't know what's wrong with the world lately! The American sub-prime loan meltdown led to the financial crisis, Lehman Brothers went bankrupt, the government is laying out a ton of money to save the market-- the way I see it, it's all for naught. The key thing is that people aren't able to pay back their loans. Will the American government be able to fill this bottomless pit?
意大利水城威尼斯受狂风暴雨影响,水位二十九日涨至近十年来最高位,城市四分之三沦为泽国。
On the 29th, heavy winds and downpours caused the water level around Venice to rise to its highest level in almost a decade. More than three quarters of the city was inundated.
头脑风暴了,头脑风暴了!大家快想想看第2000课要做什么?
Brainstorming time, brainstorming time! What does everyone think we should do for our 2000th lesson?
别提了,金融风暴,都下岗了还发什么财!
I don't even want to talk about it. It's an financial meltdown-- I got laid off! Getting rich is out of the question!