timely advice

timely advice

Spring breeze and summer rain, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch à NF à ngxi à y à, which means warm spring breeze and moist summer rain, enough to nurture all things. It is often used to refer to teaching and helping people in time. From Shuoyuan guide.

Analysis of Idioms

Spring breeze and summer rain

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; of something useful

The origin of Idioms

Liu Xiang of Han Dynasty wrote in Shuoyuan Guide: "I can't be a person with spring breeze, I can't be a person with summer rain, I'm poor."

Idiom story

During the spring and Autumn period, Meng Jianzi, the Prime Minister of the state of Liang, fled to the state of Qi because of his crime. Guan Zhong, the Prime Minister of the state of Qi, went out to welcome him personally. Seeing that Meng Jianzi had only three followers, he asked about the situation. He thought that he had offended many people in the reform and reform of the state of Qi. He could not be like the spring wind blowing on everyone, or like the summer rain moistening everyone. His future must be very poor.