随风潜入夜

隨風潛入夜
suí fēng qián rù yè
quotation

Meanings

  1. 1 slipping in with the wind by night
  2. 2 describes spring rain that arrives silently
  3. 3 line from Du Fu's 'Welcome Rain on a Spring Night'

Examples

Zhè chǎng chūnyǔ zhēnshì suífēngqiánrùyè, qīngchén qǐlái cái fāxiàn dàochù shīlùlù de.
This spring rain truly 'slipped in on the wind by night' - only at dawn did we realize everything was damp.
Tā de yǐngxiǎnglì suífēngqiánrùyè, rùnwùxìwúshēng.
His influence seeps in like night wind, nourishing all things silently.

Tips

history
From the Tang poet Du Fu's 《》 (Welcome Rain on a Spring Night): 时节发生. The poet praises how fine spring rain at night silently nourishes all things.
usage
Often paired with the following line , as a metaphor for quiet, unnoticed influence or teaching.

Stroke Order

suí
fēng
qián