created sense approved 风刀霜剑/風刀霜劍 · fēngdāoshuāngjiàn · piercing wind and biting cold; adverse circumstances — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
风刀霜剑 / 風刀霜劍
fēngdāoshuāngjiàn
piercing wind and biting cold; adverse circumstances
The cold wind is like a knife and the frost like a sword; used to describe extremely cold weather or, metaphorically, a harsh and hostile environment.
风 (literal) → 风/風 · fēng · wind 刀 (literal) → 刀 · dāo · knife 霜 (literal) → 霜 · shuāng · frost 剑 (literal) → 剑/劍 · jiàn · sword
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition