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青草池塘处处蛙

青草池塘處處蛙
qīngcǎo chítáng chùchù wā
quotation

Meanings

  1. 1 green grass, pond after pond — frogs calling everywhere
  2. 2 (fig.) the lush, humid sound-scape of early summer in Jiangnan
  3. 3 (lit.) green-grass pond-pool place-place frog

Examples

梅雨时节的乡下，真是黄梅时节家家雨，青草池塘处处蛙。
Méiyǔ shíjié de xiāngxià, zhēnshì huángméishíjiéjiājiāyǔ, qīngcǎochítángchùchùwā.
In the plum-rain countryside, truly 'plum season rain at every house, green-grass ponds, frogs at every turn.'
夏夜走进田野，四周青草池塘处处蛙，好不热闹。
Xiàyè zǒujìn tiányě, sìzhōu qīngcǎochítángchùchùwā, hǎobù rènào.
Walking into the fields on a summer night, 'green grass and pond frogs everywhere' — what lively noise.

Tips

history
From 赵师秀《约客》(Zhao Shixiu, 'Waiting for a Guest,' Southern Song, 12th–13th c.): 黄梅时节家家雨，青草池塘处处蛙。有约不来过夜半，闲敲棋子落灯花 (In the plum season it rains at every house; in the green-grass ponds, frogs croak everywhere. The friend who promised to come has not appeared past midnight — I idly tap a chess piece, and the lamp's wick-flower falls). A masterpiece of restrained waiting and quiet sound.
usage
Always quoted with its partner line 黄梅时节家家雨. The couplet is a stock reference for early summer rainy season (梅雨) in southern China.

Stroke Order

青 qīng
草 cǎo
池 chí
塘 táng
处 chǔ
蛙 wā