风雨漂摇 (風雨漂搖)
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Pinyin
Definition
风雨漂摇 (風雨漂搖)
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- tossed about by the wind and rain (idiom)
- (of a situation) unstable
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一雨成秋
- 1 a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)
干打雷,不下雨
- 1 all thunder but no rain (idiom)
- 2 a lot of noise but no action
呼风唤雨
- 1 to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers
- 2 fig. to stir up troubles
唤雨呼风
- 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
- 1 the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)
- 2 fig. the natural order of things
- 3 something you can't go against