Whale waves
Whale waves are Chinese words, which refer to dangerous environment or sharp and fierce struggle.
[explanation] it's just like a storm. It refers to a dangerous environment or a sharp and fierce struggle.
[source] Liang Qichao's "Fu Jin Shan Chinese guild hall book" says, "if you are not dead, you are as if you are not dead as if you are in the army and you are throwing yourself in the smoke and bullets, and if you are a sailor, you are not dead as if you are gambling your life in the cave of whale waves."
Whale waves
harm others without benefiting oneself - sǔn rén bù lì jǐ
be a tower of strength and be justly proud of it - ào rán yì lì
the hair standing on end and the face blanching with fright - zhà máo biàn sè