西风吹得紧,东风来回敬 西風吹得緊,東風來回敬 西風吹得緊,東風來回敬

when the west wind blows hard, the east wind will answer back

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning
Hard times don't last. After adversity comes better fortune, much like 'every cloud has a silver lining'.
Simplified
西风吹得紧,东风来回敬
Traditional (Taiwan)
西風吹得緊,東風來回敬
Pinyin
Xīfēng chuī de jǐn,dōngfēng lái huíjìng
Bopomofo
ㄒㄧ ㄈㄥ ㄔㄨㄟ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄐㄧㄣˇ,ㄉㄨㄥ ㄈㄥ ㄌㄞˊ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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