fēng qǐ yún yǒngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to surge like a gathering storm (idiom) / to grow by leaps and bounds
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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.

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Original source entry:

風起雲湧 风起云涌 [feng1 qi3 yun2 yong3] /to surge like a gathering storm (idiom)/to grow by leaps and bounds/

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Other forms in these source records: 風起雲湧

  • 风
    fēng

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

  • 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

  • 云
    yún

    (classical) to say / cloud / CL:朵[duǒ]

    Yún

    surname Yun / short name for Yunnan 雲南|云南[Yún nán]

  • 涌
    chōng

    (used in place names)

    yǒng

    to well up / to gush forth / to surge

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