長風破浪

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Chinese

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strong winds to break the waves; to sail in the waves
trad. (長風破浪) 長風 破浪
simp. (长风破浪) 长风 破浪

Etymology

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From Book of Song by 沈約 (Shen Yue):

年少:「長風萬里。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
年少:「长风万里。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Shen Yue, Book of Song, 492-493 CE
Què niánshào shí, bǐng wèn qí zhì, què yuē: “Yuàn chéng chángfēng wànlǐ làng.” [Pinyin]
When Zong Que was young, his uncle Zong Bing asked him his ambitions, to which he replied, "I would mount a long wind and break ten thousand lis of waves."

From The Hard Road by 李白 (Li Bai):

長風破浪雲帆滄海 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
长风破浪云帆沧海 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: 774, 李白, 《行路難》其一
Chángfēngpòlàng huì yǒu shí, zhí guà yúnfān jì cānghǎi. [Pinyin]
I will mount a long wind some day and break the heavy waves, and set my cloudy sail straight and bridge the deep, deep sea.

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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長風破浪

  1. to have great aspirations and courageously pursue them

Synonyms

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