歐風美雨

Chinese

		surname; Europe	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	beautiful; beauty; America	rain
trad. (歐風美雨)		歐	風	美	雨
simp. (欧风美雨)		欧	风	美	雨
Literally: “European wind and American rain”.

Etymology

Coined by Sun Yat-sen in 1924.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ōufēngměiyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄡㄈㄥㄇㄟˇ ㄩˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ōufēngměiyǔ [Phonetic: ōufēngméiyǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄡㄈㄥㄇㄟˇ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: oufongměiyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: ou¹-fêng¹-mei³-yü³
  - Yale: ōu-fēng-měi-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: oufengmeeiyeu
  - Palladius: оуфэнмэйюй (oufɛnmɛjjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

歐風美雨 (historical, figuratively)

influences of western culture and civilization
western invasion of China

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