The willows cry and the flowers cry
The Chinese idiom Li ǔ Q ì Hu ā t í means to describe the gaunt and gloomy scene of flowers and willows in the wind and rain. It's from youth travel.
Analysis of Idioms
Liu Ti Hua Yuan
The origin of Idioms
Song Zhou Bangyan's "youth Tour" CI: "the clouds in the morning, scattered light silk, pavilion Danchun posture. The willows cry and the flowers cry, the nine streets are heavy with mud, and the swallows fly late outside. "
Idiom usage
To describe a gloomy mood
The willows cry and the flowers cry
be so hungry that the stomach is beginning to gurgle - jī cháng lù lù
Help from the top and push from the bottom - shàng yuán xià tuī
the early spring came on after the end of the last month of the year - là jìn chūn huí
Evil will be recompensed with evil - è yǒu è bào
words benefit universal benevolence - rén yán lì bó