It's cloudy in the mountains and snowy at night(shān yīn yè xuě)

It's cloudy in the mountains and snowy at night

It's a Chinese idiom. The Pinyin is sh ā NY ī NY è Xu ě, which means "enjoying the prosperity in the mountains". It refers to visiting friends. It's from "seeing off Shen Zhiqin, the younger brother of the clan, on an autumn night in the East Tower of Shan Fu.".

The origin of Idioms

Li Bai's poem "seeing off Shen Zhiqin's younger brother in the East Tower of the single father" in the Tang Dynasty: rolling the curtain to see the moon rising, it's suspected that it's snow on a cloudy night.

Idiom story

Wang Huizhi, the son of Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was arrogant in nature and unrestrained in behavior. He resigned from office and lived in seclusion in Shanyin (now Shaoxing), touring mountains and waters every day, drinking and reciting poems. On a snowy night, when he was drinking and enjoying the scenery, he felt that there was no sound of the piano, so he ordered his servant to sail to Dai Kui overnight. At dawn, he rushed to Dai Kui's door and said, "why should I see Dai?

Idiom usage

What's the matter with you this year? This is the style of being in charge of the family. I'm alone in the snow at night. The seventh part of the poem volume by Fan Chengda of Song Dynasty

Analysis of Idioms

Shanyin Chengxing

Chinese PinYin : shān yīn yè xuě