Ants seal their holes(yǐ fēng xué yǔ)

Ants seal their holes

It's a Chinese word. Its pinyin is y ǐ f ē ngxu é y ǔ, which means that ants gather at the entrance of the cave. It's a sign of heavy rain. From Yi Lin.

The origin of Idioms

Jiao Yanshou's Yilin of the Han Dynasty, Volume 13: "ants seal the house, heavy rain will gather."

Idiom usage

It's a sign of rain

Chinese PinYin : yǐ fēng xué yǔ