化雨春風

Chinese

		timely rain which nourishes all things	spring breeze; warm breeze in spring; favour spring breeze; warm breeze in spring; favour; grace
trad. (化雨春風)		化雨	春風
simp. (化雨春风)		化雨	春风
alternative forms		春風化雨／春风化雨
anagram		春風化雨／春风化雨
Literally: “rain and spring wind”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huàyǔchūnfēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄩˇ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄈㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa³ jyu⁵ ceon¹ fung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huàyǔchūnfēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄩˇ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄈㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huàyǔchunfong
    • Wade–Giles: hua⁴-yü³-chʻun¹-fêng¹
    • Yale: hwà-yǔ-chwūn-fēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahyeuchuenfeng
    • Palladius: хуаюйчуньфэн (xuajujčunʹfɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa³ jyu⁵ ceon¹ fung¹
    • Yale: fa yúh chēun fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa³ jy⁵ tsoen¹ fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa³ yu⁵ cên¹ fung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː³³ jyː¹³ t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

化雨春風

1. (figurative) benefits of education; positive influence of a teacher