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寒耕热耘
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寒耕热耘

寒耕热耘 — “Plowing in the cold and weeding in the heat”

寒耕热耘 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to toil ceaselessly in the fields, enduring the harshness of both cold and heat; to engage in arduous farm labor throughout the seasons”. Literally, “Plowing in the cold and weeding in the heat”.

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寒耕热耘 Pronunciation and Pinyin

寒耕热耘 Character Breakdown

Stroke Order
CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
寒
hán12cold, poor, disheartened
耕
gēng10to plow or cultivate soil
热
rè10hot, heat, fever, popular
耘
yún10weed or cultivate a field

Example Sentence with 寒耕热耘

老一辈人寒耕热耘,用汗水浇灌出了今日的幸福生活。
The older generation toiled ceaselessly in the fields, watering today's happy life with their sweat.

Idioms Related to 寒耕热耘

Synonyms of 寒耕热耘

  • hán寒gēng耕shǔ暑yún耘toil diligently in farming year-round

More idioms starting with 寒

  • hán寒dōng冬là腊yuè月the coldest days of winter
  • hán寒shān山piàn片shí石A rare and excellent piece of writing
  • hán寒dǐ底lāo捞yuè月make a fruitless attempt
  • hán寒wǎng往shǔ暑lái来winter goes and summer comes
  • hán寒xīn心xiāo消zhì志disheartened and lose one's will
  • hán寒xīn心suān酸bí鼻appalled and heartbroken
  • hán寒xīn心xiāo销zhì志disheartened and lose one's will
  • hán寒mù木chūn春huá华each has its own distinctive features
  • hán寒lái来shǔ暑wǎng往seasons come and go
  • hán寒máo毛zhuó卓shù竖hair stand on end from terror
  • hán寒qì气cì刺gǔ骨bone-chilling cold
  • hán寒quán泉zhī之sī思filial yearning for one's mother

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Questions about 寒耕热耘

What does 寒耕热耘 mean?

寒耕热耘 (hán gēng rè yún) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to toil ceaselessly in the fields, enduring the harshness of both cold and heat; to engage in arduous farm labor throughout the seasons”.

How do you pronounce 寒耕热耘?

寒耕热耘 is pronounced hán gēng rè yún in Mandarin Chinese.

What does 寒耕热耘 literally mean?

Literally, 寒耕热耘 means “Plowing in the cold and weeding in the heat”. It is used to mean “to toil ceaselessly in the fields, enduring the harshness of both cold and heat; to engage in arduous farm labor throughout the seasons”.

What is the Chinese definition of 寒耕热耘?

泛指农作辛苦。

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