栉风沐雨 — Chinese idiom
栉风沐雨
zhì fēng mù yǔ
Traditional: 櫛風沐雨
Meaning
- lit. to comb one's hair in the wind and wash it in the rain
- fig. to work in the open regardless of the weather
Character by character
- 栉zhìcomb; to comb out, to eliminate, to weed out
- 风fēngwind; air; customs, manners; news
- 沐mùto bathe, to cleanse, to shampoo, to wash
- 雨yǔrain
Idioms sharing a character
- 沐雨栉风 mù yǔ zhì fēng
- 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
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