风云
fēngyún
changing situation; influential figure; winds and clouds
Characters in this word
云 yún
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 二 — two
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这位记者亲历了近半个世纪的国际风云，晚年回忆录却写得异常克制。 Zhè wèi jìzhě qīnlì le jìn bàn gè shìjì de guójì fēngyún, wǎnnián huíyìlù què xiě de yìcháng kèzhì. This journalist personally witnessed nearly half a century of international turbulence, yet his late-life memoir was written with unusual restraint.
- 天空风云突变，一场大雨马上就要来了。 Tiānkōng fēngyún tūbiàn, yì chǎng dàyǔ mǎshàng jiù yào lái le. The sky changed suddenly, and heavy rain was about to arrive.
- 商场上风云变幻，没有人能一直保持领先。 Shāngchǎng shàng fēngyún biànhuàn, méiyǒu rén néng yìzhí bǎochí lǐngxiān. The business world is ever-changing, and no one can stay in the lead forever.