风生水起 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 風生水起 fēngshēngshuǐqǐ ㄈㄥ ㄕㄥ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄧˇ lit. a breeze springs up and creates waves on the water (idiom) fig. flourishing thriving prosperous Character by character 风(fēng)wind 生(shēng)grow 水(shuǐ)surname Shui 起(qǐ)rise A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0