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
harmony between husband and wife - sè tiáo qín nòng
took the plum tree for his wife and a stork for his son - qī mén zǐ hè
not to distinguish black from white - zào bái bù fēn
making fun of and cursing angrily -- to write freely - xī xiào nù mà
forsake heresy and return to the truth - jiǎo xié guī zhèng
take a sudden liking to studying - zhé jié dú shū
You can't get up or down - shàng bù zháo tiān,xià bù zháo dì