Bié zhěng tiān xiǎngzhe fēnghuāxuěyuè, gāi tán zhèng shì le.
Stop daydreaming about romance — it's time to get down to business.
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history
From Song philosopher Shao Yong's preface to 《伊川击壤集》: life's hardships pass 异四时风花雪月一过乎眼也 — 'like the year's wind, flowers, snow, and moon drifting past the eyes'.
culture
Classical 'four subjects of poetry' — wind, flower, snow, moon — became shorthand first for romantic/aesthetic writing, then (often critically) for fluff with no substance.
