風雨飄搖

Chinese

		wind and rain; the elements; trials and hardships	to sway in the wind; to shake; to totter to sway in the wind; to shake; to totter; to float in the wind
trad. (風雨飄搖)		風雨	飄搖
simp. (风雨飘摇)		风雨	飘摇

From Shijing:

予室翹翹，風雨所漂搖。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

予室翘翘，风雨所漂摇。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Yú shì qiàoqiào, fēngyǔ suǒ piàoyáo. [Pinyin]

My house is in a perilous condition.
It is tossed about in the wind and rain.

風雨飄搖

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