pine , bamboo and plum blossom(suì hán sā yǒu)

pine , bamboo and plum blossom

Three friends in winter, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Su ì h á ns ā NY ǒ u, meaning that pine and bamboo do not wither in winter, plum blossom is cold and open, so it is called "three friends in winter". It comes from Wang Yunmei's house by Lin Jingxi of Song Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In Song Dynasty, Lin Jingxi's "Wang Yunmei's house" said: "that is to say, he lived in the mountain where he was tired of soil, planted a hundred plum trees, and made friends with Qiao songxiu Huang."

Idiom usage

It refers to pine, bamboo and plum. Qian Zhongshu's besieged city: "these things are like mosquitoes and bedbugs. They are the three friends in a small restaurant. It's just late autumn now, and they don't show their vitality."

Idioms and allusions

Chapter 4: "after late autumn, all flowers will fade, except pine, bamboo and plum blossoms. "Qing Dynasty, Zhao Yi, new Yu Cong Kao, Vol. 4, No. 13, three friends of the year.". In Song Dynasty, Lin Jingxi's "Wang Yunmei's house" said: "that is to say, he lived in the mountain where he was tired of soil, planted a hundred plum trees, and made friends with Qiao songxiu Huang." Pines and bamboos do not wither in winter, while plum blossoms in the cold, so they are called the three friends of the winter. In the old society, when they got married, they often pasted couplets on the left and right sides of the gate with the words "bamboo shoots, plum blossoms, red fruits". This is because "bamboo shoots" and "sun" are homophonic. It is divided into three groups, with simple lines representing pines, bamboos and plums, forming a pattern: the entrance composed of pines, bamboos and plums.

Chinese PinYin : suì hán sā yǒu