春夜喜雨

Chūnyè xǐyǔ
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Welcome Rain on a Spring Night, Du Fu's poem on spring rain in Chengdu

Examples

HSK 6
《 Chūnyè xǐyǔ 》 shì Dù Fǔ zài Chéngdū xiě de.
Welcome Rain on a Spring Night was written by Du Fu in Chengdu.
HSK 7-9
Lǎoshī cháng yòng 《 Chūnyè xǐyǔ 》 lǐ de " rùn wù xì wú shēng " lái xíngróng hǎo de jiàoyù.
Teachers often borrow 'moistening things silently' from Welcome Rain on a Spring Night to describe good teaching.

Tips

culture
杜甫 wrote it around 761, while living in his thatched cottage in Chengdu: 好雨知时节,当春乃发生。随风潜入夜,润物细无声。 'The good rain knows its season and comes when spring arrives. It slips into the night on the wind and moistens everything, fine and silent.' It ends at dawn with the city's flowers heavy with rain: 花重锦官城.
usage
喜雨 is a 'welcome rain', one that ends a dry spell, so the title can also be read 'delighting in rain on a spring night'.

Stroke Order

春 chūn
夜 yè
喜 xǐ
雨 yǔ