Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「櫛風釃雨」 for your learning.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「櫛風釃雨」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
The wind combs your hair, and the rain washes your hair. Describes the hard work of running around. Same as “facing wind and rain”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhì fēng shāi yǔ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jit3 fung1 si1 yu5
Chinese idioms encompass an enormous variety, each rich in its meanings and uses. We’ve compiled these resources to support your efforts in learning the language.