《 Hánchán qīqiè 》 yì kāitóu jiù shì qiūtiān bàngwǎn de chánmíng hé gāng tíng de dàyǔ.
Cold Cicadas opens with cicadas crying on an autumn evening and a downpour that has just stopped.
Tips
usage
Ci written to the same tune are told apart by their first words, so this one is cited as 雨霖铃·寒蝉凄切. 寒蝉 are cicadas in late autumn and 凄切 is 'mournful, piercing'; the four characters are also used on their own for a bleak autumn mood.
culture
Liu Yong sees off a lover at a riverside pavilion as the boat is about to leave: 执手相看泪眼，竟无语凝噎 'hand in hand we look into each other's tearful eyes, too choked to say a word'.
