风吹雨打
fēngchuīyǔdǎ
wind and rain; hardship and exposure
Characters in this word
雨 yǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 雨 — rain
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
打 dǎ
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 丁 nail
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 那棵老树经过多年风吹雨打，依然站在山坡上。 Nà kē lǎo shù jīngguò duōnián fēngchuī yǔdǎ, yīrán zhàn zài shānpō shàng. After many years of wind and rain, that old tree still stands on the hillside.
- 幼苗经得起风吹雨打，才能长成大树。 Yòumiáo jīng de qǐ fēngchuī yǔdǎ, cái néng zhǎng chéng dàshù. A seedling can grow into a big tree only if it can withstand wind and rain.
- 经历了风吹雨打，这块旧招牌早已褪色。 Jīnglì le fēngchuī yǔdǎ, zhè kuài jiù zhāopai zǎoyǐ tuìsè. Having weathered wind and rain, this old signboard has long since faded.