風雨如晦

Chinese

		wind and rain; the elements; trials and hardships	as (if); such as	dark; night; unlucky
trad. (風雨如晦)		風雨	如	晦
simp. (风雨如晦)		风雨	如	晦

Etymology

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 90 (《詩經·鄭風·風雨》):

風雨如晦，雞鳴不已。
既見君子，云胡不喜。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

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风雨如晦，鸡鸣不已。
既见君子，云胡不喜。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Fēngyǔ rú huì, jīmíng bùyǐ.
Jì jiàn jūnzǐ, yún hú bù xǐ. [Pinyin]

Through the wind and rain all looks dark, And the cock crows without ceasing.
But I have seen my husband, And how should I not rejoice?

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēngyǔrúhuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄩˇ ㄖㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ jyu⁵ jyu⁴ fui³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngyǔrúhuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄩˇ ㄖㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongyǔrúhuèi
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-yü³-ju²-hui⁴
    • Yale: fēng-yǔ-rú-hwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengyeuruhuey
    • Palladius: фэнъюйжухуэй (fɛnʺjujžuxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung¹ jyu⁵ jyu⁴ fui³
    • Yale: fūng yúh yùh fui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ jy⁵ jy⁴ fui³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ yu⁵ yu⁴ fui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ jyː¹³ jyː²¹ fuːi̯³³/

Idiom

風雨如晦

1. bad times with no end in sight