弱不禁風

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See also: 弱不禁风

Chinese

weak; feeble; young
weak; feeble; young; inferior
 
not; no to prohibit; to forbid; endure
wind; news; style
wind; news; style; custom; manner
 
trad. (弱不禁風)
simp. (弱不禁风)

Etymology

First attested in a Southern Song poem by Lu You

菡萏蜻蜓弱不禁風 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
菡萏蜻蜓弱不禁风 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Shortly after midnight on 21st July 1196, Lu You (陸遊),六月二十四日夜分夢范至能、李知㡬、尤延之同集江亭,諸公請予賦詩記江湖之樂,詩成而覺,忘數字而已
Bái hàndàn xiāng chū guò yǔ, hóng qīngtíng ruò bù jīn fēng.
White lotus flowers being fragrant right after rain; red dragonflies fail to stand the wind.

Pronunciation


Idiom

弱不禁風

  1. having so delicate a constitution as to be unable to stand any breeze; being too frail to withstand even a gust of wind (of a person, e.g. a woman or a patient, of a structure, etc.)