風口浪尖

where the wind and the waves are the fiercest / at the heart of the struggle

wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]

air vent / drafty place / wind gap (geology) / tuyere (furnace air nozzle) / (fig.) hot trend / fad

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

wave / breaker / unrestrained / dissipated / to stroll / to ramble

point (of needle) / sharp / shrewd / pointed

pointed; tapering; sharp / (of a sound) shrill; piercing / (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen / to make (one's voice) shrill / sharp point; tip / the best of sth; the cream of the crop