风靡 (fēng mǐ) — (verb) to be wildly popular, to sweep across (a place); to become a craze

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• 这部电视剧曾风靡全国，人人都在讨论。
  Zhè bù diàn shì jù céng fēng mǐ quán guó, rén rén dōu zài tǎo lùn.
  This TV drama once swept the nation — everyone was talking about it.
• 那种音乐风格在二十世纪八十年代风靡一时。
  Nà zhǒng yīn yuè fēng gé zài èr shí shì jì bā shí nián dài fēng mǐ yì shí.
  That music style was all the rage in the 1980s.
• 这个时尚品牌的设计风靡全球，深受年轻人喜爱。
  Zhè ge shí shàng pǐn pái de shè jì fēng mǐ quán qiú, shēn shòu nián qīng rén xǐ ài.
  The designs of this fashion brand have swept the globe, deeply loved by young people.

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