暴风雪 (bào fēng xuě) — snowstorm; blizzard; (figurative) a fierce or overwhelming situation (like a blizzard)

Definition

Literally “violent wind snow,” the standard concrete term for a heavy snowstorm or blizzard (counted with 场). Figuratively it paints an overwhelming, withering situation — e.g. 暴风雪般的批评 (“a blizzard of criticism”).

noun
snowstormblizzard(figurative) a fierce or overwhelming situation (like a blizzard)
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Examples

  • 暴风雪
    Zuó tiān zhè lǐ xià le yì chǎng hěn dà de bào fēng xuě.
    Yesterday there was a very heavy snowstorm here.
  • 暴风雪
    bào fēng xuě Guò hòu, dì shàng jī le hòu hòu de xuě.
    After the blizzard, a thick layer of snow had accumulated on the ground.
  • 暴风雪
    Zài bào fēng xuě bān de pī píng shēng zhōng, tā jiān chí le zì jǐ de guān diǎn.
    Amid a blizzard of criticism, he stuck to his own point of view.
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