wind that carries sand and drives stones

wind that carries sand and drives stones

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is f ē ISH ē Z ǒ UL ì, which means sand flying and small stones rolling. The wind is strong. It comes from wenyili, a record of Jialan in Luoyang.

The origin of Idioms

Yang xuanzhi of the Northern Wei Dynasty wrote in Wen Yili, a record of Jialan in Luoyang: "it's very cold in the road. It's windy and snowy, and it's full of sand and gravel."

Idiom usage

When the wind is freezing, the sand will fly away. Yuan Hongdao's travels to Manjing in Ming Dynasty

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: flying sand and gravel, flying sand and gravel