bitterly cold winds and rain(kǔ yǔ qī fēng)

bitterly cold winds and rain

It's a Chinese idiom, K ǔ y ǔ Q ī f ē ng, which means bad weather. Later, it is used to describe the miserable situation. From Zuo Zhuan, the fourth year of Zhaogong.

Idiom usage

How many bitter rains and winds have been endured in the long evening, and how many souls have been startled and broken in the spring and autumn.

Analysis of Idioms

synonym: miserable wind and rain antonym: gentle wind and rain

The origin of Idioms

In the fourth year of Zhaogong, Zuo Zhuan: "there is no sad wind in spring and no bitter rain in autumn."

Idiom explanation

Bitter rain: the rain that caused disaster for a long time; bleak wind: the cold wind. Describe bad weather. Later, it is used to describe the miserable situation.

Chinese PinYin : kǔ yǔ qī fēng