Helpless, the flowers fall

Helpless, the flowers fall

Helpless flowers fall (pinyin w ú K à n à IH é Hu à Lu à Q à), which comes from the Song Dynasty Yan Shu's "huanxisha · a new poem, a cup of wine" words: "helpless flowers fall, like a familiar Yan back." There is no way to feel the fall of spring flowers. It describes the feeling of yearning for the spring scenery but unable to retain it. Later it generally refers to the melancholy feeling of remembering the things that have disappeared. It also refers to the irreparable loss of some power or influence.

source

Song Yanshu's huanxisha: a cup of wine with new words: a cup of wine with new words, the old Pavilion last year. When will the sun set? helpless, the flowers fall, the familiar swallow returns. The fragrant path of the small garden wanders alone.

interpretation

❶ has no choice but to let the flowers fall. It is a metaphor for the good spring is about to disappear. ❷ means the irreversible decline of a certain power or influence. Zhou Enlai's "report at the 10th National Congress of the Communist Party of China" said: "it's more and more difficult to live at home and abroad, and we are in a situation of" having no choice but to spend. "

usage

Complex sentence; as object, clause; with derogatory meaning.