summon wind and call for rain(hū fēng huàn yǔ)

summon wind and call for rain

Call the wind and call the rain is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin for H ū f ē nghu à NY ǔ, metaphor can dominate the great power of nature, with commendatory meaning. It is often used to refer to making waves intentionally in order to achieve one's own goals. It's from the Song Dynasty's Kongzhou's a journey to the river.

Analysis of Idioms

Make waves, add fuel to the flames, make monsters and mischief

The origin of Idioms

In the Song Dynasty, Kongzhou's a journey to the river: "when he painted the birds at the head of the river, he could not stop calling the wind and the rain."

Idiom usage

The second part of the ten sample brocade in Yuan Dynasty: "changing day into night, casting beans into soldiers, wielding swords into rivers, calling wind and rain." (2) the fourteenth chapter of Water Margin by Shi Naian of the Ming Dynasty, Wu xuezhe said that San Ruan bumped into the chips and Gongsun Sheng should gather together the seven stars: in order to learn a Taoist school, he can also call the wind and the rain and drive the clouds. In the rivers and lakes, he is known as a poor Taoist. (3) the first chapter of the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in the Ming Dynasty: Jiao got this book and studied it at dawn and night. He was able to call the wind and the rain, and he was called Taiping Taoist. (4) Chapter 49 of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in the Ming Dynasty "Seven Star altar Zhuge worships wind and Zhou Yu sets fire at the mouth of three rivers": Although Liang is not talented, he once met a strange person and taught the book of heaven, which can call the wind and the rain. Chapter 4 of Wu Chengen's journey to the West in the Ming Dynasty: my master, who calls the wind and the rain, only turns his hands; he turns water into oil and turns stone into gold. 6. The third chapter of Liang Qichao's "the future of new China" in Qing Dynasty: "brother, you are really the first-class figure of Mazzini. Heaven calls the wind and the rain, stirring up the motive force of a country." 7. Guo Xiaochuan's "spring flowers bloom": "spring flowers bloom, is the time when heroes use martial arts, good rivers and mountains, is the place to call the wind and rain."

Chinese PinYin : hū fēng huàn yǔ