as summer goes and winter comes

as summer goes and winter comes

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin, is h á NL á ISH ǔ w ǎ ng. It means that the cold winter is coming and the hot summer is gone. It describes the continuous passing of time. It comes from the book of changes.

The origin of Idioms

Zhouyi Xici Xia: "when the cold comes, the heat comes; when the heat goes, the cold comes; when the cold and the heat push each other, the year becomes Yan."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: time flies, summer and winter change, and the sun and the moon fly like a shuttle

Idiom usage

It refers to the change of time. He is a rabbit that flies in the dark, cold comes and summer goes, flowers bloom in spring, but the moon is bright in early autumn. (the second discount of Sheng Jin Ge by Wuhan Minister of Yuan Dynasty)