黍谷生春
shǔ​gǔ​shēng​chūn

change for the better

  • created sense approved 黍谷生春/黍穀生春 · shǔ​gǔ​shēng​chūn · change for the better — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    黍谷生春 / 黍穀生春

    shǔ​gǔ​shēng​chūn

    change for the better

    A change for the better in one's life or circumstances; specifically used when a person in poverty or a difficult situation experiences a favorable turn of events. This idiom refers to a legend of a cold valley in the ancient State of Yan that became warm enough to grow grain after music was played.

    黍 (literal) → 黍 · shǔ · millet 谷 (literal) → 谷/穀 · gǔ · grain 生 (literal) → 生 · shēng · to grow 春 (literal) → 春 · chūn · vitality

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense