斜风细雨不须归

斜風細雨不須歸
xié fēng xì yǔ bù xū guī
quotation

Meanings

  1. 1 slanting wind and drizzle - no need to go home yet
  2. 2 Zhang Zhihe's fisherman's line - the rain is so gentle the angler doesn't bother heading back

Examples

HSK 6
Zhōumò qù jiāowài diàoyú, xié fēng xì yǔ bù xū guī.
Fishing in the countryside at the weekend - slanting wind, fine rain, no need to go home.
HSK 7-9
Tā xǐhuan chūnyǔ zhōng sànbù, yí jù xié fēng xì yǔ bù xū guī zuì pèi tā de xīnqíng.
He loves walking in spring rain - nothing fits his mood like 'slanting wind and drizzle, no need to go home.'

Tips

history
From 《渔歌子》 by Zhang Zhihe (张志和, Tang dynasty): 西塞山前白鹭飞桃花流水鳜鱼肥青箬笠绿蓑衣斜风细雨不须归. One of the earliest ci poems, a five-line fisherman song that became a template for East Asian nature painting and Japanese waka.
usage
here = 'need / have to,' classical sense - same as 必须. 不须 = 'need not / no need to.'

Stroke Order

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