dew in spring and frost in autumn

dew in spring and frost in autumn

Spring dew and autumn frost, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch ū NL ù Qi ū Shu ā ng, meaning to compare grace and majesty. Also used in memory of our ancestors. It comes from the imperial edict of Wen Xin Diao Long by Liang and Liu Xie of the Southern Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

According to the imperial edict of Wen Xin Diao Long written by Liang and Liu Xie in the Southern Dynasty, "if the calamities are forgiven wantonly, the article will have the flavor of spring dew; if the punishment and imperial edict are clear, the words will have the intensity of autumn frost."

Idiom usage

He was originally a young lady of the Grand Historian of Quyuan, and all her poems and poems had their family origins. Therefore, the spring dew and autumn frost have increased her emotion. (the 28th chapter of the cold eyed view of late Qing Literature)