







天末凉风 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be stirred by the autumn breeze or a particular scene and feel a longing for a distant friend; to evoke thoughts of old friends in faraway places upon seeing a seasonal change or a particular view”. Literally, “Cool breeze at the horizon”.

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Open the tool →天末凉风 (tiān mò liáng fēng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be stirred by the autumn breeze or a particular scene and feel a longing for a distant friend; to evoke thoughts of old friends in faraway places upon seeing a seasonal change or a particular view”.
天末凉风 is pronounced tiān mò liáng fēng in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 天末凉风 means “Cool breeze at the horizon”. It is used to mean “to be stirred by the autumn breeze or a particular scene and feel a longing for a distant friend; to evoke thoughts of old friends in faraway places upon seeing a seasonal change or a particular view”.
天末:天的尽头;凉风:特指初秋的西南风。原指杜甫因秋风起而想到流放在天末的挚友李白。后常比喻触景生情,思念故人。