雪中送炭 — Chinese idiom
雪中送炭
xuě zhōng sòng tàn
Meaning
- lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather
- fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need
Character by character
- 雪xuěsnow; wipe away shame, avenge
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target),
- 送sòngto see off, to send off, to dispatch; to give
- 炭tàncarbon, charcoal, coal
Idioms sharing a character
- 一雪前耻 yī xuě qián chǐ
- 冰雪聪明 bīng xuě cōng ming
- 报仇雪耻 bào chóu xuě chǐ
- 报仇雪恨 bào chóu xuě hèn
- 欺霜傲雪 qī shuāng ào xuě
- 程门立雪 Chéng mén lì xuě
- 聚萤映雪 jù yíng yìng xuě
- 雪上加霜 xuě shàng jiā shuāng
- 雪泥鸿爪 xuě ní hóng zhǎo
- 风花雪月 fēng huā xuě yuè
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