Idioms describing the coldness of winter

The twelfth lunar month of winter, ice and snow, cold mountains and cold water, the twelfth lunar month of winter, cries of hunger and coldness

1. The twelfth lunar month of winter

Vernacular meaning: refers to December The twelfth lunar month is the cold season.

Dynasty: Modern

Author: Zhou Libo

Source: "Storm" 3: "In the twelfth lunar month of winter, when I fell asleep and felt cool and cool, my wife spent the whole night I shivered until dawn and couldn't sleep..."

2. Ice and snow

Vernacular interpretation: describes the sky covered with ice and snow, very cold. < /p>

Translation: The cold wind blowing in the ice and snow is like a fierce tiger; the thinly dressed people cry and can't find a place to live

3. The mountains are cold and the water is cold

Vernacular interpretation: deserted. Describe the scene in winter.

Dynasty: Song Dynasty

Author: Shi Puji

Source: Volume 8 of "Wudeng Huiyuan": "The mountains are cold and the water is cold, but spring comes with green willows and red flowers."

Translation: In winter, the mountains are cold and the water freezes. When spring comes, the willow trees turn green and the flowers turn red

4. The twelfth lunar month in the cold winter

Vernacular Definition: The twelfth lunar month: the twelfth month of the lunar calendar. Refers to the twelfth lunar month, the coldest day in winter.

Dynasty: Han

Author: Anonymous

Source: "Farewell Poems (Branches and Leaves of Bones and Flesh)": "In the cold winter of December, I wake up in the morning to face the severe frost .

Translation: In the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, you have to step on cold frost in the morning

5. Crying for hunger and crying for cold

Vernacular interpretation: cold because of hunger. And crying describes the extreme poverty of life

Dynasty: Tang Dynasty

Author: Han Yu

Source: "Jinxuejie": "Winter is warm but the child's voice is cold ; The years are prosperous but the wife cries of hunger. ”

Translation: In the warm winter, my son complains about being cold, and in the harvest years, my wife still cries because she is hungry