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): ㄉㄨㄥㄈㄥㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ fung¹ faa³ jyu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dōngfēnghuàyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥㄈㄥㄏㄨㄚˋ 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

(figurative) good fortune and education

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