東風化雨

Chinese

		easterly; spring wind	timely rain which nourishes all things
trad. (東風化雨)		東風	化雨
simp. (东风化雨)		东风	化雨
Literally: “east wind and rain”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dōngfēnghuàyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄈㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ fung¹ faa³ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dōngfēnghuàyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄈㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dongfonghuàyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tung¹-fêng¹-hua⁴-yü³
    • Yale: dūng-fēng-hwà-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dongfenghuahyeu
    • Palladius: дунфэнхуаюй (dunfɛnxuajuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ fung¹ faa³ jyu⁵
    • Yale: dūng fūng fa yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ fung¹ faa³ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ fung¹ fa³ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵ faː³³ jyː¹³/

Idiom

東風化雨

1. (figurative) good fortune and education