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Pronunciation / Transliteration: jífēng nùtāo
"青少年时期常常充满疾风怒涛般的内心冲突。"
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A period of emotional turmoil, mental stress, and heightened passion, typically experienced during adolescence.
"Navigating the storm and stress of the teenage years requires immense patience and empathy from parents." - 2
A literary or artistic phase characterized by emotional intensity, rebellion against convention, and dramatic expression.
"His early poetry reflected the classic storm and stress of the romantic literary movement."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the German literary and cultural movement 'Sturm und Drang' of the late 18th century, which emphasized individual subjectivity and turbulent emotional extremes. The term was later borrowed and adapted into Korean as 'jilpung-nodo' (질풍노도, literally 'gale winds and raging waves') to describe the psychological turmoil and emotional intensity of adolescence.
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tempête et passion
Transliteration: tɑ̃.pɛt e pa.sjɔ̃
"L'adolescence est souvent une période de tempête et passion."
Sturm und Drang
Transliteration: ʃtʊʁm ʊnt dʁaŋ
"Die Jugendzeit ist oft von Sturm und Drang geprägt."
tempesta e impeto
Transliteration: temˈpɛ.sta e ˈim.pe.to
"La giovinezza attraversa spesso una fase di tempesta e impeto."
tormenta y pasión
Transliteration: toɾ.mɛnˈta i paˈsjon
"La adolescencia se caracteriza por una etapa de tormenta y pasión."
tempestade e ímpeto
Transliteration: tẽ.pɨʃˈta.dɨ i ˈĩ.pɨ.tu
"O período da adolescência é marcado por tempestade e ímpeto."
तूफ़ान और तनाव
Transliteration: toofaan aur tanaav
"किशोरावस्था अक्सर तूफ़ान और तनाव का काल होती है।"
疾风怒涛
Transliteration: jífēng nùtāo
"青少年时期常常充满疾风怒涛般的内心冲突。"
질풍노도
Transliteration: jilpung-nodo
"청소년기는 흔히 질풍노도의 시기로 비유된다."
疾風怒濤
Transliteration: shippū dotō
"思春期はまさに疾風怒濤の時代である。"
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