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
Literally: “rain and spring wind”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huàyǔchūnfēng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄩˇ ㄔㄨㄣㄈㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faa³ jyu⁵ ceon¹ fung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huàyǔchūnfēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄩˇ ㄔㄨㄣㄈㄥ
  - 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

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

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