It rains every time during the yellow plum season, and frogs are everywhere in the grassy ponds. ("Yoke" Song Dynasty: Zhao Shixiu)
Explanation When the plums are yellow, every house is shrouded in the rain, and the sound of frogs can be heard from the edge of the grass-covered pond.
When the water is full, you can sometimes watch herons, and there are frogs croaking everywhere in the deep grass. ("Residence in Early Summer" Song Dynasty: Lu You)
Interpretation: When the lake is overflowing, egrets are flying, and frogs are everywhere on the grass growing on the lakeside.
After the rain, I don’t know where the dragon is. There is a pond full of grass and thousands of frogs croaking. ("Heavy Rain on May 19th" Ming Dynasty: Liu Ji)
Explanation After a while, the dragon that made the clouds and rain left carrying the thunder and lightning dark clouds. What appeared in front of him was the pond overflowing with water and the green grass dripping green. Thousands of frogs croaked together.
The warbler crows in a silent place, and the frog alone listens in the grassy pond. ("Spring Evening" Song Dynasty: Cao Bin)
Interpretation The oriole in the forest has stopped singing long ago, and can only walk alone to the grassy pond to listen to the cry of frogs.
It is a quiet village with small bridges and flowing water. There are no singing warblers or barking frogs. ("He Shen Shitian's Poetry on Falling Flowers" Ming Dynasty: Tang Yin)
Interpretation Although the scenery of the small bridge and flowing water beside the village is beautiful, the village has become desolate and uninhabited. There are not even wandering warblers, only frogs are croaking.
The frogs croaked all night until dawn, just like fishing in Fangkou. ("Five Poems on the Basin" by Han Yu)
Explanation: The frog has been croaking all night until dawn, and he knows that it is time to fish.