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風吹雨打

简风吹雨打 · 繁風吹雨打

Mandarin · pinyin fēng chuī yǔ dǎ

lit. windswept and battered by rain
to undergo hardship (idiom)

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風: fēng · wind; air; manners, atmosphere; Kangxi radical 182
吹: chuī · blow; puff; brag, boast
雨: yǔ · rain; rainy; Kangxi radical 173
打: dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
风: fēng · wind; air; manners, atmosphere

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1–1–3–3 · feng1 chui1 yu3 da3

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fung1 ceoi1 jyu5 daa2

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(idiomatic) to be blown by the wind and battered by the rain
(figuratively) to experience setbacks or hardships

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