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风雨飘摇

fēng yǔ piāo yáo

4-character word Traditional 風雨飄搖

What 风雨飘摇 means

1. tossed about by the wind and rain (idiom)
2. (of a situation) unstable

The characters in 风雨飘摇

• 风fēngwind; news; style
• 雨yǔrain
• 飘piāoto float (in the air); to flutter; to waft; complacent; frivolous; weak; shaky; wobbly
• 摇yáoto shake; to rock; to row

Sounds the same

Read fēng yǔ piāo yáo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 风雨漂摇variant of 风雨飘摇