风起云涌 — Chinese idiom
风起云涌
fēng qǐ yún yǒng
Traditional: 風起雲湧
Meaning
- to surge like a gathering storm
- to grow by leaps and bounds
Character by character
- 风fēngwind; air; customs, manners; news
- 起qǐto begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
- 云yúncloud; to say, to speak
- 涌yǒngto surge up, to bubble up, to gush forth
Idioms sharing a character
- 一帆风顺 yī fān fēng shùn
- 一路顺风 yī lù shùn fēng
- 世风日下 shì fēng rì xià
- 乘风破浪 chéng fēng pò làng
- 伤风败俗 shāng fēng bài sú
- 光风霁月 guāng fēng jì yuè
- 两袖清风 liǎng xiù qīng fēng
- 只欠东风 zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
- 叱咤风云 chì zhà fēng yún
- 呼风唤雨 hū fēng huàn yǔ
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