beneath the bitter snows
Ice and snow, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ī ngxu ě y á NH á n, meaning ice and snow, cold weather. From the garden notes.
The idiom comes from Wu boxiao's vegetable garden notes: "although according to the season, all kinds of vegetables are planted early and late, and sometimes the vegetables are harvested before the vegetables are planted; but in addition to the freezing winter, in spring, summer and autumn of the year, there are always several kinds of vegetables competing for fertilizer and green in the vegetable garden."
beneath the bitter snows
alternate leniency with severity - kuān měng xiāng jì
the more hard-pressed , the more one must become steadfast and firm - qióng dāng yì jiān
there are both advantages and disadvantages - yǒu lì yǒu bì
Chanting the moon and mocking the wind - yǒng yuè cháo fēng
one 's delight appears on the end of the eyebrow - xǐ yì méi shāo
To do something with one's sleeve - luò xiù xuān quán