任凭

rèn píng no matter what; despite; to allow (sb to act arbitrarily)

风浪

fēng làng wind and waves; stormy sea

起

qǐ to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; (before place or time) starting from; classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group

， 稳坐钓鱼台

wěn zuò diào yú tái lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite storms (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation; a cool head in a crisis