柳暗花明

Chinese

		willow	dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
trad. (柳暗花明)		柳	暗	花	明
simp. ^#(柳暗花明)		柳	暗	花	明

Etymology

From the poem "You Shan Xi Cun"《游山西村》(Traveling to a Village West of the Mountains), written in the first lunar month of 1167 by the Southern Song Dynasty poet Lu You (陆游, 1125-1210):

山重水複疑無路，柳暗花明又一村。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

山重水复疑无路，柳暗花明又一村。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Touring Shanxi Village, Lu You

Shānzhòngshuǐfù yí wú lù, liǔ'ànhuāmíng yòu yī cūn. [Pinyin]

Over numerous mountains and streams, I had my doubts that I could find the road. Then out of the shade of the willows, came bright flowers and another village.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liǔ'ànhuāmíng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚㄇㄧㄥˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liǔ'ànhuāmíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liǒu-ànhuamíng
  - Wade–Giles: liu³-an⁴-hua¹-ming²
  - Yale: lyǒu-àn-hwā-míng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leouannhuaming
  - Palladius: лю’аньхуамин (lju’anʹxuamin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/

Idiom

柳暗花明

an enchanting sight in springtime
at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope

Synonyms

柳暗花明又一村 (liǔ'ànhuāmíng yòu yīcūn)

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