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任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台

rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái

11-character word Traditional 任憑風浪起，穩坐釣魚臺

What 任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台 means

1. lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom)
2. fig. to stay calm in a tense situation

The characters in 任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台

• 任rènto assign; to appoint; to take up a post
• 凭píngto lean against; to rely on; on the basis of
• 风fēngwind; news; style
• 浪làngwave; breaker; unrestrained
• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up
• 稳wěnsettled; steady; stable
• 坐zuòto sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc)
• 钓diàoto fish with a hook and line; to angle
• 鱼yúfish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼
• 台tái(classical) you (in letters); variant of 台