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风暴

fēngbào

storm; turmoil

A fishing boat among tall waves under dark clouds
Memory picture

Characters in this word

风 fēng

Strokes
4
Radical
风 — wind
Made of
几 small table 乂 to govern

暴 bào

Strokes
15
Radical
日 — sun
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 暴

Example phrases

  • 这场舆论风暴迫使公司提前公布内部调查结果。 Zhè chǎng yúlùn fēngbào pòshǐ gōngsī tíqián gōngbù nèibù diàochá jiéguǒ. This storm of public opinion forced the company to release the internal investigation results ahead of schedule.
  • 夜里海上起了风暴,渔船都不敢出港。 Yè lǐ hǎi shàng qǐ le fēngbào, yúchuán dōu bù gǎn chū gǎng. A storm rose over the sea at night, and none of the fishing boats dared leave port.
  • 飞机遇到风暴,只好改降到别的城市。 Fēijī yùdào fēngbào, zhǐhǎo gǎi jiàng dào bié de chéngshì. The plane ran into a storm and had to land in another city instead.

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