| 长风破浪 |
cháng fēng pò làng |
lit. to ride the wind and crest the waves / to be ambitious and unafraid (idiom) |
| 长 |
cháng |
long / (bound form) length / (bound form) strong point; forte / (bound form) to be good at / (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4]) |
| 长 |
zhǎng |
chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance |
| 风 |
fēng |
wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:阵,丝 |
| 破 |
pò |
broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of |
| 破浪 |
pò làng |
to set sail / to brave the waves |
| 浪 |
làng |
wave / breaker / unrestrained / dissipated / to stroll / to ramble |