the tenth , eleventh and twelfth months of the lunar year(shí dōng là yuè)

the tenth , eleventh and twelfth months of the lunar year

The Chinese idiom, sh í D à NGL à Yu è, refers to the cold seasons of October, November (winter) and December (December) in the lunar calendar. From Zhou Libo's storm.

The origin of Idioms

Zhou Libo's "storm" 3: "the Kang in the first year was not grilled. It was always smoking and not hot. It was cool when I fell asleep in October. My wife shivered all night until dawn and couldn't sleep all the time..."

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; of winter

Examples

My elder sister, who was sold as a child's daughter-in-law at the age of seven, was beaten and scolded. She only wore a pair of trousers and was tortured to death. Yao xueyin's Li Zicheng, Vol.2, chapter 46

Chinese PinYin : shí dōng là yuè