乘风破浪 — Chinese idiom
乘风破浪
chéng fēng pò làng
Traditional: 乘風破浪
Meaning
- to brave the wind and the billows ; to have high ambitions
Character by character
- 乘chéngride, mount; to make use of; to ascend; to multipl
- 风fēngwind; air; customs, manners; news
- 破pòto break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
- 浪làngbreaker, wave; reckless, wasteful
Idioms sharing a character
- 乘人不备 chéng rén bù bèi
- 乘虚而入 chéng xū ér rù
- 加减乘除 jiā jiǎn chéng chú
- 可乘之机 kě chéng zhī jī
- 因利乘便 yīn lì chéng biàn
- 有机可乘 yǒu jī kě chéng
- 一帆风顺 yī fān fēng shùn
- 一路顺风 yī lù shùn fēng
- 世风日下 shì fēng rì xià
- 伤风败俗 shāng fēng bài sú
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