chūnhuáqiūshí
spring flowers and autumn fruit
- spring flowers and autumn fruit
- Literally describes flowers blooming in spring and fruit ripening in autumn; used to describe how hard work leads to successful results or to describe the relationship between cause and effect.
- literary talent and moral character
- Describes a person with great literary talent, extensive knowledge, and high moral character.
- outward appearance vs. inner substance
- Used to contrast literary style or outward brilliance with practical substance or moral character
Frequency
- Written text
- 0.259 per million
Sources
- Frequency data
- BCC Corpus (BLCU)