1. The frost and snow are bitter every year, but the color is green. ——From Tang Dynasty's Chen Zi'ang's "Xiu Xiu Bamboo with Dongfang Zuo Shi"
Interpretation: It's cold in the cold weather and the grass and trees are bitter from frost and snow, but the brilliance of Xiuzhu is still green.
2. The sky is as cold as snow, and the mountains are as dangerous as knives. ——From "Four Rhymes with Li Ziyi" by Wu Fu of the Song Dynasty
Explanation: The weather is cold and the frost is like snow, and the mountains are dangerous and the rocks are like knives.
3. In the frosty month of December, the branches and leaves alone do not wither. ——From Zhang Xuanming of the Tang Dynasty, "The Song of Seeing a Lone Pine on a Mountain Walk"
Interpretation: It is cold and frosty in December, but the branches and leaves do not wither.
4. The frost enters the temples and gradually accumulates and refuses to disappear. ——From "Three Poems of Qianxing" by Wentong of the Song Dynasty
Interpretation: The cold weather brings frost to the temples, which gradually accumulates and refuses to disappear.
5. The east sun blows over the sea, and frost is buried here. ——From "Return to the Great Cold in Guichuan" by Zheng Xie of the Song Dynasty
Interpretation: The sun in the east passes over the sea, and the cold frost is buried here.