| 风雨飘摇 |
fēng yǔ piāo yáo |
tossed about by the wind and rain (idiom) / (of a situation) unstable |
| 风 |
fēng |
wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:阵,丝 |
| 风雨 |
fēng yǔ |
wind and rain / the elements / (fig.) trials and hardships |
| 雨 |
yǔ |
rain / CL:阵,场 |
| 雨 |
yù |
(literary) to rain / (of rain, snow etc) to fall / to precipitate / to wet |
| 飘 |
piāo |
variant of 飘 |
| 飘 |
piāo |
to float (in the air); to flutter; to waft / complacent; frivolous / weak; shaky; wobbly |
| 飘摇 |
piāo yáo |
floating in the wind / swaying / tottering / unstable |
| 摇 |
Yáo |
surname Yao |
| 摇 |
yáo |
to shake / to rock / to row / to crank |