gaze with eager expectation

gaze with eager expectation

Looking through the autumn water is a Chinese idiom. Its pronunciation is w à ngchu à nqi à Shu à, which means looking through the eyes. It describes the ardent hope for distant relatives and friends. It comes from the second fold of the third volume of the romance of the Western chamber by Wang Shifu of Yuan Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: eager to see through

The origin of Idioms

The second fold of the third volume of the romance of the Western chamber by Wang Shifu in Yuan Dynasty: "seeing through his bright autumn waters, I can see his faint spring mountains."

Idiom usage

I'm looking forward to my relatives and friends in the distance. When I listen to the sound of banana trees and drizzle, where can I chat with others? No return home, tears like numbness. Pu Songling's strange tales from a lonely studio