<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en-gb"> <link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/app.php/feed/topic/10998" /> <title>Chinese languages</title> <subtitle>Chinese languages</subtitle> <link href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/index.php" /> <updated>2011-09-29T20:15:57+00:00</updated> <author><name><![CDATA[Chinese languages]]></name></author> <id>http://chineselanguage.org/forums/app.php/feed/topic/10998</id> <entry> <author><name><![CDATA[archivator]]></name></author> <updated>2011-09-29T20:15:57+00:00</updated> <published>2011-09-29T20:15:57+00:00</published> <id>http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=38830#p38830</id> <link href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=38830#p38830"/> <title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: meaning of idiom 风生水起]]></title> <content type="html" xml:base="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=38830#p38830"><![CDATA[ And originally, it can be translated to English as "the wind unboiled water gets up"? How does it sound?<p>Statistics: Posted by <a href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=10490">archivator</a> — Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:15 pm</p><hr /> ]]></content> </entry> <entry> <author><name><![CDATA[hane]]></name></author> <updated>2011-04-07T21:18:30+00:00</updated> <published>2011-04-07T21:18:30+00:00</published> <id>http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=35108#p35108</id> <link href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=35108#p35108"/> <title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: meaning of idiom 风生水起]]></title> <content type="html" xml:base="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=35108#p35108"><![CDATA[ Great to know about meaning of idiom 风生水起. <img class="smilies" src="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing"> <br><br><br>Chichi<p>Statistics: Posted by <a href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=9426">hane</a> — Thu Apr 07, 2011 9:18 pm</p><hr /> ]]></content> </entry> <entry> <author><name><![CDATA[bluereg133]]></name></author> <updated>2011-03-19T03:22:24+00:00</updated> <published>2011-03-19T03:22:24+00:00</published> <id>http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=34944#p34944</id> <link href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=34944#p34944"/> <title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: meaning of idiom 风生水起]]></title> <content type="html" xml:base="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=34944#p34944"><![CDATA[ Thanks to know the meaning of 风生水起. <img class="smilies" src="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing"> <br><br>Sen<p>Statistics: Posted by <a href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=9359">bluereg133</a> — Sat Mar 19, 2011 3:22 am</p><hr /> ]]></content> </entry> <entry> <author><name><![CDATA[candie111]]></name></author> <updated>2011-01-26T13:24:03+00:00</updated> <published>2011-01-26T13:24:03+00:00</published> <id>http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=34351#p34351</id> <link href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=34351#p34351"/> <title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: meaning of idiom 风生水起]]></title> <content type="html" xml:base="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=34351#p34351"><![CDATA[ it means that you develop well in a short time and can do thing well in a sudden time<p>Statistics: Posted by <a href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=8642">candie111</a> — Wed Jan 26, 2011 1:24 pm</p><hr /> ]]></content> </entry> <entry> <author><name><![CDATA[Lafaso870]]></name></author> <updated>2011-01-21T20:55:59+00:00</updated> <published>2011-01-21T20:55:59+00:00</published> <id>http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=34263#p34263</id> <link href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=34263#p34263"/> <title type="html"><![CDATA[meaning of idiom 风生水起]]></title> <content type="html" xml:base="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=34263#p34263"><![CDATA[ I came across this idiom in the following sentence:<br><br>"我们的外交事业可以说是风声水起、有声有色"<br><br>BTW, I found an explanation (Google 风声水起是什么意思) that says this is rooted in a folk story about fishermen that had no firewood and had to eat the fish raw, and then this became a name for a cooking style.. but even if this is a relevant answer I'm still not sure I understand how this idiom is used today and in this sentence in particular.<br><br>This one is really intriguing to me, I hope someone can shed some light!<p>Statistics: Posted by <a href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=8406">Lafaso870</a> — Fri Jan 21, 2011 8:55 pm</p><hr /> ]]></content> </entry> </feed>