📖 Meaning
To brave the wind and endure the rain; to go out and work regardless of how bad the weather is. It describes someone who carries on with their labor or duties without avoiding the hardship of wind and rain.
📜 Origin Story
The phrase comes from the novel 《暴风骤雨》 (The Hurricane) by the modern Chinese writer 周立波 (Zhou Libo), written in the context of mid-20th century rural land reform in China. In Chapter 9 of Part One, the character 郭全海 (Guo Quanhai) recounts how a laborer worked an entire year for someone else, braving wind and rain and rising before dawn, speaking in a moment of anger. The idiom thus arose from a modern literary depiction of the hardships endured by exploited hired laborers.
💡 Example Usage
邮递员每天冲风冒雨，把信件准时送到千家万户。
The postal workers brave the wind and rain every day to deliver the mail to every household on time.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 冲风冒雨
- Pinyin: chōng fēng mào yǔ
- Literal Translation: brave, wind, endure, rain
- Category: Perseverance
- Characters: 4