Our free Chinese learning series introduces idioms and proverbs. These timeless phrases hold valuable meanings and are worth studying. Today’s idiom is 「天末涼風」, detailed below.
This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「天末涼風」, with its definition and usage detailed below.
Tianmo: the end of the sky; cool breeze: specifically refers to the southwest wind in early autumn. Originally it refers to Du Fu’s thought of his close friend Li Bai who was exiled to Tianmo when the autumn wind rose. It is often used as a metaphor to describe the emotion evoked by the sight of a scene and the longing for old friends.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
tiān mò liáng fēng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
tin1 mut6 leung4 fung1
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