波乱万丈

はらんばんじょう

stormy and full of drama; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes

Common word Also written 波瀾万丈、波乱バンジョー

Meanings

No-adjective, Na-adjective, Noun
stormy and full of drama; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudesFour-character idiom

Example sentences

彼かれの人生じんせいは波瀾万丈はらんばんじょうだね。

His life is full of ups and downs.
彼かれの一生いっしょうは波瀾万丈はらんばんじょうであった。

His life was full of ups and downs.
波乱万丈はらんばんじょうの人生じんせいか。テレビでみるのはいいけど、わが身みに置おきかえれば結構けっこうきついね。

A stormy life? It's fine to watch that kind of thing on TV but I wouldn't actually want to live it.