疾风知劲草 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 疾風知勁草 jífēngzhījìngcǎo ㄐㄧˊ ㄈㄥ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄘㄠˇ lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds (idiom) fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis Character by character 疾(jí)disease 风(fēng)wind 知(zhī)know 劲(jìng)stalwart 草(cǎo)grass A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0