乘風破浪

See also: 乘风破浪

Chinese

		to break the waves; to sail in the waves
trad. (乘風破浪)	乘風	破浪
simp. (乘风破浪)	乘风	破浪
Literally: “to ride the winds and plow the waves”.

Etymology

From the story of Liu Song general Zong Que (宗悫).

慤年少時，炳問其志，慤曰：「願乘長風破萬里浪。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

悫年少时，炳问其志，悫曰：「愿乘长风破万里浪。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Shen Yue, Book of Song, 492-493 CE

Què niánshào shí, Bǐng wèn qí zhì, Què yuē: “Yuàn chéng cháng fēng pò wànlǐ làng.” [Pinyin]

When Zong Que was young, (his uncle) Zong Bing asked what his ambitions were. He replied, "I wish to ride the high winds and sail ten thousand li in the waves."

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chéngfēngpòlàng

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄥㄆㄛˋ ㄌㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ fung¹ po³ long⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sêng-hong-phò-lōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chéngfēngpòlàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄥㄆㄛˋ ㄌㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chéngfongpòlàng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-fêng¹-pʻo⁴-lang⁴
  - Yale: chéng-fēng-pwò-làng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngfengpohlanq
  - Palladius: чэнфэнполан (čɛnfɛnpolan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing⁴ fung¹ po³ long⁶
  - Yale: sìhng fūng po lohng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ fung¹ po³ long⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ fung¹ po³ long⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ fʊŋ⁵⁵ pʰɔː³³ lɔːŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-hong-phò-lōng
  - Tâi-lô: sîng-hong-phò-lōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: senghongphoirlong
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴ pʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ lɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²³⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴ pʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ lɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴ pʰo²¹⁻⁵³ lɔŋ²²/

Idiom

乘風破浪

to fearlessly and steadfastly pursue a goal without regard to setbacks