| 任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台 |
rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái |
lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom) / fig. to stay calm in a tense situation |
| 任 |
Rén |
surname Ren |
| 任 |
rèn |
to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) |
| 任凭 |
rèn píng |
no matter what / despite / to allow (sb to act arbitrarily) |
| 凭 |
píng |
variant of 凭 |
| 凭 |
píng |
to lean against / to rely on / on the basis of / no matter (how, what etc) / proof |
| 风 |
fēng |
wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:阵,丝 |
| 风浪 |
fēng làng |
wind and waves; rough waters / (fig.) hardship |
| 浪 |
làng |
wave / breaker / unrestrained / dissipated / to stroll / to ramble |
| 起 |
qǐ |
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group |
| 稳 |
wěn |
settled; steady; stable |
| 稳坐钓鱼台 |
wěn zuò diào yú tái |
lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom) / fig. to stay calm in a tense situation |
| 坐 |
Zuò |
surname Zuo |
| 坐 |
zuò |
to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of 座 |
| 钓 |
diào |
to fish with a hook and line; to angle |
| 钓鱼 |
diào yú |
to fish (with line and hook); to angle / (fig.) to entrap / (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing |
| 钓鱼台 |
Diào yú tái |
Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls them the Senkaku Islands – but claimed by China |
| 鱼 |
Yú |
surname Yu |
| 鱼 |
yú |
fish (CL:条,尾) / used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼, alligators and crocodiles 鳄鱼 and octopi 章鱼) |
| 鱼台 |
Yú tái |
Yutai County in Jining 济宁, Shandong |
| 台 |
Tái |
Taiwan (abbr.) / surname Tai |
| 台 |
tái |
(classical) you (in letters) / variant of 台 |
| 台 |
tái |
desk; table; counter |
| 台 |
Tái |
Taiwan (abbr.) |
| 台 |
tái |
platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines |
| 台 |
tái |
typhoon |