春風化雨

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chūnfēnghuàyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣㄈㄥㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon¹ fung¹ faa³ jyu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chūnfēnghuàyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣㄈㄥㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuenfenghuahyeu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceon¹ fung¹ faa³ jyu⁵
  - Yale: chēun fūng fa yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen¹ fung¹ faa³ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: cên¹ fung¹ fa³ yu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰɵn⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵ fäː³³ jyː¹³/

Idiom

春風化雨

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

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