風雨如晦
fēng​yǔ​rú​huì

grim situation

  • created sense approved 风雨如晦/風雨如晦 · fēng​yǔ​rú​huì · grim situation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    风雨如晦 / 風雨如晦

    fēng​yǔ​rú​huì

    grim situation

    wind and rain darken the sky like night; refers to a grim and grave social or political situation, or staying true to one's principles despite a dangerous environment [[风雨如晦，鸡鸣不已|風雨如晦，雞鳴不已|feng1 yu3 ru2 hui4 ji1 ming2 bu4 yi3]]

    风 (literal) → 风/風 · fēng · wind 雨 (literal) → 雨 · yǔ · rain 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 晦 (literal) → 晦 · huì · dark

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense