陇头音信 — “Correspondence or news from a distant place”
陇头音信 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Correspondence or news from a distant place”. A letter from afar. Literally, “Longtou message/news”.
陇头音信 Pronunciation and Pinyin
陇头音信 Character Breakdown
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Origin and Story of 陇头音信
During the Southern Dynasties, in the Song Dynasty, Lu Kai and the scholar Fan Ye shared a deep friendship and frequently exchanged letters.
One day, Lu Kai, while in Jiangnan, gathered a branch of plum blossoms. He then composed a poem: "Breaking a plum branch, I meet a courier, sending it to the one at Longtou. Jiangnan has nothing else, so I offer this branch of spring."
He sent this, along with the plum branch, to Fan Ye, who resided in Chang'an, a place often referred to as 'Longtou' in poetry due to its distant, frontier-like connotation.
Upon receiving the gift and the poem, Fan Ye was deeply moved.
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What does 陇头音信 mean?
陇头音信 (lǒng tóu yīn xìn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Correspondence or news from a distant place”.
How do you pronounce 陇头音信?
陇头音信 is pronounced lǒng tóu yīn xìn in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 陇头音信 literally mean?
Literally, 陇头音信 means “Longtou message/news”. It is used to mean “Correspondence or news from a distant place”.
Where does 陇头音信 come from?
陇头音信 comes from a classical Chinese story dating back to ancient China. The full story is on this page.
What is the Chinese definition of 陇头音信?
指寄往或来自远方的书信。