风波
fēng​bō HSK7

disturbance

风波 (風波) fēng​bō
disturbance noun
an incident involving public conflict, disagreement, or social disputes

这场意外的言论风波让那位作家的名誉受损。

zhè cháng yì​wài de yán​lùn fēng​bō ràng nà wèi zuò​jiā de míng​yù shòu​sǔn.

The unexpected controversy over his remarks damaged the writer's reputation.

crisis noun
a state of intense difficulty, instability, or restlessness

这次产品质量投诉在网络上引发了一场巨大的风波。

zhè cì chǎn​pǐn zhì​liàng tóu​sù zài Wǎng​luò shàng yǐn​fā le yī cháng jù​dà de fēng​bō.

This product quality complaint sparked a major uproar on the internet.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
1.28 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
8.59 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7

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Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)