冬温夏清 — “Winter warm, summer cool”
冬温夏清 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to attend to one's parents' needs by keeping them warm in winter and cool in summer, symbolizing profound filial piety. It can also generally describe a place that is comfortably warm in winter and cool in summer”. Literally, “winter warm, summer cool”.
冬温夏清 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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What does 冬温夏清 mean?
冬温夏清 (dōng wēn xià qīng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to attend to one's parents' needs by keeping them warm in winter and cool in summer, symbolizing profound filial piety. It can also generally describe a place that is comfortably warm in winter and cool in summer”.
How do you pronounce 冬温夏清?
冬温夏清 is pronounced dōng wēn xià qīng in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 冬温夏清 literally mean?
Literally, 冬温夏清 means “winter warm, summer cool”. It is used to mean “to attend to one's parents' needs by keeping them warm in winter and cool in summer, symbolizing profound filial piety. It can also generally describe a place that is comfortably warm in winter and cool in summer”.
What is the Chinese definition of 冬温夏清?
冬天使父母温暖，夏天使父母凉爽。指人子孝道。亦泛称冬暖夏凉。