yeoman service

yeoman service

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is Xu ě L ǐ s 庸 NGT à n, which means to give material or spiritual help to others when they are in urgent need. The same as "sending charcoal in the snow". It comes from the four character classic A and B.

Analysis of Idioms

Send charcoal in the snow

Idiom usage

To help in time

Examples

It's rare to send charcoal in the snow. The cooperative is more intimate than parents. The first scene of Yong opera two brothers

The origin of Idioms

In the four character classic A and B by Zen master Dexing of Tang Dynasty: "breaking the fan and stopping autumn, sending charcoal in the snow."