风雨送春归

風雨送春歸

fēng yǔ sòng chūn guī

quotation

Meanings

1 wind and rain escort spring on its way out
2 Mao Zedong's opening line from his plum-blossom ci - storms clear the old season off the stage

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

四月末连日阴雨，正应了"风雨送春归"那一句。

Sìyuè mò lián rì yīnyǔ, zhèng yìng le " fēngyǔsòngchūnguī " nà yī jù.

Late April's days of gloomy rain fit perfectly the line 'wind and rain escort spring on its way.'

HSK 7-9

风雨送春归，飞雪迎春到，毛泽东这阕词家喻户晓。

Fēngyǔsòngchūnguī, fēixuěyíngchūndào, Máozédōng zhè què cí jiāyùhùxiǎo.

'Wind and rain see spring off, flying snow greets spring back' - every household knows Mao's ci.

Tips

history

Opening of 《卜算子·咏梅》 by 毛泽东 (Mao Zedong, 1961): '风雨送春归，飞雪迎春到。已是悬崖百丈冰，犹有花枝俏.' Explicitly written as a reply / inversion of 陆游 Lu You's earlier 《卜算子·咏梅》 (whose last line is 只有香如故 in this same batch) - Mao's plum is joyful, Lu You's is tragic.

usage

送 here = 'see off / escort.' 归 = 'return / go home' - together, a personification of spring leaving, as if being waved off.

Stroke Order

风 fēng

雨 yǔ

送 sòng

春 chūn

归 guī