The mountain rain is about to come and the wind fills the building. The trees want to be quiet but the wind does not stop. People want peace but their hearts are restless. What's the meaning

1. The mountain rain is about to come and the wind fills the building

Meaning: will. It is a metaphor for the signs and atmosphere on the eve of major changes in the situation. It is now often used to describe the tense atmosphere before a conflict or war breaks out.

From "The East Tower of Xianyang City"

Author Tang Xu Hun

Original poem

As soon as I go up to the high city, I feel sad for thousands of miles, and the willow trees grow Like Tingzhou. The clouds in the stream are beginning to rise, the sun is sinking into the pavilion, and the mountain rain is about to come, and the wind is filling the building.

The green Qin Garden is under the birds at dusk, the cicadas are chirping and the leaves are yellow in the autumn of Han Palace. Pedestrians should not ask about what happened in those days. The water from the Wei River comes from the east of my homeland.

2. The tree wants to be quiet but the wind keeps blowing

It means the tree wants to be quiet but the wind keeps blowing. The original metaphor is that things cannot go as one wishes. Now it is also a metaphor that class struggle does not depend on people's will.

Pronunciation shù yù jìng ér fēng bù zhǐ

Source: Volume 9 of "Han Shi Wai Zhuan" written by Han Ying of Han Dynasty: "The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop; the child wants to be nourished but the kiss does not wait." . ”

Synonyms

The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop? [ shù yù jìng ér fēng bù tíng ] The original metaphor is that things cannot go as one wishes. Now it also means that class struggle does not depend on people's will. Same as "the tree wants to be still but the wind doesn't stop".

3. People want to be at peace but their hearts are restless

It means that people want to be quiet for a while but cannot calm down. It is a modern word made in imitation.