lit. the trees long for peace but the wind will never cease (idiom); fig. the world changes, whether you want it or not
trad. 樹欲靜而風不止
Also written 樹欲靜而風不止【shù yù jìng ér fēng bù zhǐ】
Characters in this word
7树
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
tree, CL:棵[ke1], to cultivate, to set up
- Pinyin
- shù
- Traditional
- 樹
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2862 of 2500
欲
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
desire, appetite, passion, lust, greed
- Pinyin
- yù
- Traditional
- 慾
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 10619 of 2500
静
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
still, calm, quiet, not moving
- Pinyin
- jìng
- Traditional
- 靜
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 15781 of 2500
而
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
and, as well as, and so, but (not), yet (not), (indicates causal relation), (indicates change of state), (indicates contrast)
- Pinyin
- ér
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 131 of 2500
风
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
wind, news, style, custom, manner, CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
- Pinyin
- fēng
- Traditional
- 風
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 2842 of 2500
不
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
止
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to stop, to prohibit, until, only
- Pinyin
- zhǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 19491 of 2500