锄禾日当午

鋤禾日當午
chúhérìdāngwǔ
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 hoeing grain under the noonday sun
  2. 2 evokes the toil of peasant farmers
  3. 3 opening line of Li Shen's 'Compassion for Farmers'

Examples

Chú hé rì dāng wǔ, hàn dī hé xià tǔ — měi ge Zhōngguó háizi dōu huì bèi.
'Hoeing grain at high noon, sweat dripping to the earth' — every Chinese child can recite this.
Yéye zǒng shuō chú hé rì dāng wǔ, ràng wǒmen zhēnxī liángshi.
Grandpa always recites 'hoeing grain at midday' to teach us to cherish food.

Stroke Order

chú
dāng