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Chinese
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wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner |
cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname
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| trad. (風雲)
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風
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雲
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| simp. (风云)
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风
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云
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Pronunciation
Note:
- 1fon hhyn - newer;
- 1fon hhion - older.
Noun
風雲
- (literally) wind and clouds; heavy wind and many clouds; storm
- (by extension, literary) meteorological conditions, such as eclipses or rainbows
- (figurative) the times, especially difficult or troubled times; turmoil; stormy situation
- (figurative, literary) battle array
- (figurative, literary) high ambition or goal; castle in the air
- (figurative, literary) high accomplishments and distinctions
- (figurative, literary) heights; high terrain or position
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