Fierce as the wind(jí è rú fēng)

Fierce as the wind

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin, is j í è R ú f ē ng, which means hating bad people and bad things is just like a strong wind. It comes from the biography of Chen Fan in the later Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Chen Fan in the book of the later Han Dynasty: "Zhen (Zhu Zhen), with the character of Bo Hou, was first engaged in the work of Zhou. He played the role of Shan Kuang Zang, the governor of Jiyin, and even served as a general of chariot and cavalry. Emperor Huan took Kuang and sent him to the imperial court to punish Chao and punish him. There is a saying in Sanfu: "a car is like a chicken, a horse is like a dog, and evil is like the wind."

Idiom usage

In Song Sushi's Elegy of Ren Shizhong: "the great Ren is strong, and there is nothing in the world. He is as evil as the wind." Chen Zilong's poem "crying for Mr. Zhang tianru" in Ming Dynasty: "the worst is like the wind. Where is Jingqing in the end of the world?"

Idiom story

During the Han Dynasty, Zhu Zhen was honest and upright. When he was in the state, he told the court that Shan Kuang, the governor of Jiyin, was corrupt and perverted the law. He also implicated Shan Kuang's elder brother, Shan Chao, the general of motorcycles. Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty took Shan Kuang and sent him to Tingwei to warn Shan Chao. Shan Chao himself asked to be jailed to apologize. People commented: "cars are like chickens, horses like dogs, and evil like wind, Zhu Bohou."

Chinese PinYin : jí è rú fēng