stoves in summer and fans in winter(xià lú dōng shàn)

stoves in summer and fans in winter

Xia Lu Dong Fan, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xi à L ú D à ngsh à n, which means to make a fire in summer and fan in winter. It means doing things that don't meet the needs of the time, and you can't get the benefits with effort. From Lun Heng · Feng Yu.

The origin of Idioms

Wang Chong of the Han Dynasty wrote in Lun Heng Feng Yu: "it's not the case today. It's good to say that you can't make a profit and accept the theory that you can't make a profit. You can bring in the furnace in summer and play the fan in winter to do things you don't want to get and offer words you don't want to hear. You won't be in trouble."

Idiom usage

Combined; as object and attribute; with derogatory meaning.

Chinese PinYin : xià lú dōng shàn