We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「金風送爽」, with its usage explained below.
The idiom 「金風送爽」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.
Golden wind: refers to the autumn wind. In ancient times, the seasons were explained using Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, with autumn representing gold. The autumn wind brings coolness.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jīn fēng sòng shuǎng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gam1 fung1 sung3 song2
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.
