What does 烟波 mean?

[mthmchris]

Hey, I'm just going through this article:

http://magazine.caing.com/2010-03-28/100129899.html

In the first sentance, what does the "yan bo" mean?

[cricket]

just an analogy,i think.

yan bo=smoke and waves=>"ups and downs" or simply "a great deal of experiences"

[qrineal]

烟波

yān bō

烟雾笼罩的江湖水面

mist-covered waters

this is its original meaning,but in the article u pointed, it use a metaphor.

it means the uneven(rise & fall) experience.

[lacrimosa1983]

烟波 original meaning.......it's a little hard to translate it, 烟 is somke and 波 is wave, you can imagine a picture that in the night, you can see some thin fog on the river.

But in this article it means everything he have experienced in stock market,

20年来的人生与股市烟波均可谓五味杂陈， my translation is following:

over the last 20 years, he have experienced a lot of things in his life and learned a lot from stock market.