凛冬将至

凜冬將至
lǐndōng jiāng zhì
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 Winter is coming
  2. 2 hard times are coming

Examples

HSK 6
《权力的游戏》里最有名的台词之一是“凛冬将至”。
《 Quánlì de yóuxì 》 lǐ zuì yǒumíng de táicí zhīyī shì " lǐndōng jiāng zhì ".
One of the best-known lines in Game of Thrones is "Winter is coming".
HSK 6
Dìngdān yuèláiyuè shǎo, dàjiā dōu juéde zhège hángyè lǐndōng jiāng zhì.
Orders keep shrinking, and everyone feels that winter is coming for the industry.

Tips

culture
The words of House Stark (斯达克) in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire (冰与火之歌), known to most Chinese viewers from the TV series 权力的游戏. Business headlines borrow it whenever an industry or market heads into a hard patch.
register
Bookish and solemn: 凛冬 is a literary word for the depth of winter (凛 "bitterly cold"), and 将 "about to" with 至 "to arrive" belongs to written Chinese. In plain speech you would say 冬天快来了.

Stroke Order

凛 lǐn
冬 dōng
将 jiāng
至 zhì