floating melons and plums submerged in water
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ú Gu ā ch é NL ǐ, meaning to eat fruits soaked in cold water. It describes the life in summer. It comes from Wu Zhishu, the song of the dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
"Floating sweet melon in clear spring, sinking Zhu and Li in cold ice" is written by Cao Pi of the Three Kingdoms
Analysis of Idioms
How many princes and grandsons can mix snow lotus root with ice in summer. Ling Mengchu, Ming Dynasty
floating melons and plums submerged in water
To reduce the essence to the end - jiàng běn liú mò