風裡來雨裡去

風裡來雨裡去

Chinese

		wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	inside; within; in inside; within; in; lining of clothing	to come	rain	inside; within; in inside; within; in; lining of clothing	to go; to leave; to remove
trad. (風裡來雨裡去)		風	裡	來	雨	裡	去
simp. (风里来雨里去)		风	里	来	雨	里	去
alternative forms		風裡來，雨裡去／风里来，雨里去
Literally: “come in the wind and go in the rain”.

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “coinage? google books hits conspicuously begin in 1949 from the PRC”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēnglǐláiyǔlǐqù

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄌㄧˇ ㄌㄞˊ ㄩˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄑㄩˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fēnglǐláiyǔlǐqù [Phonetic: fēnglǐláiyúlǐqù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄌㄧˇ ㄌㄞˊ ㄩˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄑㄩˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengliilaiyeuliichiuh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fonglǐláiyǔlǐcyù
    • Wade–Giles: fêng1-li3-lai2-yü3-li3-chʻü4
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ laɪ̯³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/

Idiom

風裡來雨裡去

1. (figuratively, Mainland China) with great hardship in life and work