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任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台

rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú táidictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom) / fig. to stay calm in a tense situation
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-cb47336f51974314. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

任憑風浪起，穩坐釣魚臺 任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台 [ren4 ping2 feng1 lang4 qi3 , wen3 zuo4 diao4 yu2 tai2] /lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom)/fig. to stay calm in a tense situation/

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Other forms in these source records: 任憑風浪起，穩坐釣魚臺

  • 任
    rèn

    to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)

    Rén

    surname Ren

  • 凭
    píng

    to lean on / to lean against / to rely on / to depend on / (bound form) evidence / proof / on the basis of / according to / no matter (what, how etc)

  • 风
    fēng

    wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:陣|阵[zhèn],絲|丝[sī]

  • 浪
    làng

    wave / breaker / unrestrained / dissipated / to stroll / to ramble

  • 起
    qǐ

    to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group

  • 稳
    wěn

    settled / steady / stable

  • 坐
    zuò

    to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit

    Zuò

    surname Zuo

  • 钓
    diào

    to fish with a hook and line / to angle

  • 鱼
    yú

    fish (CL:條|条[tiáo],尾[wěi]) / used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bào yú], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[è yú] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhāng yú])

    Yú

    surname Yu

  • 台
    tāi

    used in place names

    tái

    (classical) you (in letters) / desk / table / counter / platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines / typhoon

    Tái

    Taiwan (abbr.) / surname Tai

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.