gap1 fung1 bou6 jyu5急風暴雨急风暴雨
Jyutpinggap1 fung1 bou6 jyu5
Yalegāp fūng bouh yúh
Definition
A sudden and violent storm with gale-force winds and torrential rain, also used figuratively to describe intense challenges or revolutions.
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How it's used
Beyond the literal weather, this idiom is frequently used metaphorically to describe turbulent periods in someone's life or volatile market conditions. It carries a sense of suddenness and overwhelming intensity that simple words for rain or storms lack. It is often used to describe a person who has weathered significant life challenges or professional setbacks.
Examples
It is storming outside, how are you going to get home?
He has been through many storms in life, so he has a very tough personality.
Related words
Common phrases
to weather a storm
to face a storm
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
