wiping off their sweat drops makes it look like rain

wiping off their sweat drops makes it look like rain

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is Hu ī h à NCH é ngy ǔ, which means to wipe sweat with your hands. It's like rain when it's spilled. It's used to describe many people. It comes from Qi CE Yi, the strategy of the Warring States period.

Notes on Idioms

Wave: Sprinkle, splash.

The origin of Idioms

"Qi CE I of the Warring States period" says, "the curtain is made of lapels, the curtain is made of hands, and sweat is made of rain."

Idiom usage

In addition, it can be used as predicate to describe many people. Examples biographies of Su Qin in historical records: "the car hub strikes, the shoulder rubs, the lapel becomes a curtain, the lifting of the eyebrows becomes a curtain, and the sweat becomes rain." it's time to brush your shoulders and sweat. I'm very thirsty. (the tenth chapter of the flower of the evil sea by Zeng Pu in Qing Dynasty)

Idiom story

During the Warring States period, Su Qin, a lobbyist, went to the state of Qi to persuade King Xuan of Qi to unite with him to fight against Qin. He said: "there are 70000 families in Linzi. Each family can produce three men to serve as soldiers. The place is very rich. There are many people in the street. They hold up their sleeves like a tent, and each one waves a sweat. It's like rain. Do they have such strength to yield to the state of Qin?"