暴 bào
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
暴风骤雨
bàofēngzhòuyǔ
violent storm; tempestuous upheaval
Characters in this word
骤 zhòu
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 马 — horse
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
雨 yǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 雨 — rain
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 昨天傍晚一场暴风骤雨突然袭来，路人都跑进了商店。 Zuótiān bàngwǎn yì chǎng bàofēng zhòuyǔ tūrán xílái, lùrén dōu pǎo jìn le shāngdiàn. A violent storm suddenly struck yesterday evening, and the passers-by all ran into shops.
- 暴风骤雨过后，天空洗得干干净净，空气也变得清新。 Bàofēng zhòuyǔ guò hòu, tiānkōng xǐ de gāngānjìngjìng, kōngqì yě biàn de qīngxīn. After the violent storm, the sky was washed perfectly clean and the air became fresh.
- 他们的爱情经历了一场暴风骤雨，最后还是走到了一起。 Tāmen de àiqíng jīnglì le yì chǎng bàofēng zhòuyǔ, zuìhòu háishi zǒu dào le yìqǐ. Their love went through a stormy upheaval, but in the end they still came together.
Related words
- 暴力 bàolì violence
- 暴露 bàolù to expose
- 暴利 bàolì excessive profits; huge profits
- 暴躁 bàozào irritable; hot-tempered
- 粗暴 cūbào rough; violent; crude and forceful
- 风暴 fēngbào storm; turmoil
- 风 fēng wind
- 一路顺风 yílùshùnfēng have a smooth trip
- 风险 fēngxiǎn risk
- 风格 fēnggé style
- 风景 fēngjǐng scenery
- 风俗 fēngsú custom