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疾风知劲草，烈火见真金

jí fēng zhī jìn cǎo , liè huǒ jiàn zhēn jīn

11-character word Traditional 疾風知勁草，烈火見真金

What 疾风知劲草，烈火见真金 means

1. lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds and true gold stands the test of fire (idiom)
2. fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis

The characters in 疾风知劲草，烈火见真金

• 疾jí(bound form) disease; ailment; (bound form) swift; (literary) to hate; to abhor
• 风fēngwind; news; style
• 知zhīto know; to be aware
• 劲jìnstrength; energy; enthusiasm
• 草cǎograss; straw; manuscript
• 烈lièardent; intense; fierce
• 火huǒfire; urgent; ammunition
• 见jiànto see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)
• 真zhēnreally; truly; indeed
• 金jīngold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals