风雨

• Pinyin: fēng yǔ
• Desglose de hanzi: 风 = 几 + 虫 (wind, air current); 雨 = 一 + 冂 + dots (pictograph of rain falling from clouds)

Significado

Viento y lluvia; tormentas; (fig.) dificultades y tiempos turbulentos.

One of the most common metaphors in Chinese for life's hardships. 经历风雨 (to go through wind and rain) = to overcome hardships. 风雨同舟 (weather wind and rain together in the same boat) = to stand together through hardship. 风雨无阻 (not stopped by wind and rain) = undeterred by difficulties.

Ejemplos

1. 创业路上风雨不断，他们几次濒临资金断裂的绝境，但凭借团队之间深厚的信任与互相扶持，最终一一化解了危机。
2. 无论遭遇怎样的风雨，这所山区学校的教师们几十年如一日地坚守在讲台前，用知识为大山里的孩子照亮了通往未来的路。
3. 这对兄弟自幼相依为命，共同经历了家族的起伏与时代的变迁，用彼此间深厚的情义诠释了什么是真正的风雨同舟。

Guía de uso

Contexto: personal-narrative, biography, inspiration, relationships

Tono: serious

Correcto

• 人生中的风雨是无法回避的，但关键在于如何在风雨中保持清醒的判断力、坚定的意志力和对未来的合理期待，而不是被眼前的困境所击垮。(The storms of life cannot be avoided — but the key lies in how to maintain clear judgement, steadfast resolve, and reasonable expectations for the future amid the storms, rather than being crushed by the difficulties before you.)
• 那段风雨交加的创业岁月虽已过去，但他每次讲起，仍能感到那种濒临绝境后的震撼。(Those stormy years of entrepreneurship are long past, but whenever he talks about them, he still feels the shock of having come close to ruin.)

Incorrecto

• 风雨 for pleasant outdoor weather — in figurative contexts it always implies hardship; for literal pleasant weather, use 晴天 or 好天气

Origen e historia

风 (wind) + 雨 (rain) — wind and rain; by extension, hardship and the trials of life

Contexto cultural

Generación: All ages

Contexto social: Universal