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		wind and rain; the elements; trials and hardships	to sway in the wind; to shake; to totter to sway in the wind; to shake; to totter; to float in the wind
trad. (風雨飄搖)		風雨	飄搖
simp. (风雨飘摇)		风雨	飘摇

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 155 (《詩經·豳風·鴟鴞》):

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēngyǔpiāoyáo

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄥㄩˇ ㄆㄧㄠㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ jyu⁵ piu¹ jiu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēngyǔpiāoyáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄥㄩˇ ㄆㄧㄠㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fongyǔpiaoyáo
  - Wade–Giles: fêng¹-yü³-pʻiao¹-yao²
  - Yale: fēng-yǔ-pyāu-yáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengyeupiauyau
  - Palladius: фэнъюйпяояо (fɛnʺjujpjaojao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fung¹ jyu⁵ piu¹ jiu⁴
  - Yale: fūng yúh pīu yìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ jy⁵ piu¹ jiu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ yu⁵ piu¹ yiu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ jyː¹³ pʰiːu̯⁵⁵ jiːu̯²¹/

風雨飄搖

(of a situation) turbulent; precarious; tottering