乍暖还寒 — Chinese idiom
乍暖还寒
zhà nuǎn huán hán
Traditional: 乍暖還寒
Meaning
- (of early spring weather) alternating between warm and cold
Character by character
- 乍zhàfirst time, for the first time, suddenly
- 暖nuǎnwarm, genial
- 还huánalso, besides; still, yet; to return
- 寒hánchilly, cold; poor; to shiver, to tremble
Idioms sharing a character
- 新来乍到 xīn lái zhà dào
- 春光乍泄 chūn guāng zhà xiè
- 问寒问暖 wèn hán wèn nuǎn
- 嘘寒问暖 xū hán wèn nuǎn
- 春暖花开 chūn nuǎn huā kāi
- 风和日暖 fēng hé rì nuǎn
- 以眼还眼 yǐ yǎn huán yǎn
- 借尸还魂 jiè shī huán hún
- 告老还乡 gào lǎo huán xiāng
- 衣锦还乡 yī jǐn huán xiāng
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