📖 Meaning
Regardless of winter or summer; throughout all four seasons without interruption. It describes continuous, unceasing effort or activity that persists year-round, never pausing for any season or circumstance.
📜 Origin Story
No specific classical origin text is recorded for this idiom. It is a variant of the more commonly cited idiom '无冬无夏' (wú dōng wú xià), which appears in the 'Book of Songs' (诗经, Shījīng), an ancient Chinese poetry collection compiled around the 11th to 7th centuries BCE. The phrase was used to describe someone who toiled without regard for seasonal changes. The variant '无间冬夏' substitutes '间' (gap, interval) for the repeated '无' to emphasize the absence of any break between seasons.
💡 Example Usage
边防战士无间冬夏地守卫着祖国的边疆。
The border guards defend the nation's frontiers without pause through winter and summer.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 无间冬夏
- Pinyin: wú jiān dōng xià
- Literal Translation: without, gap, winter, summer
- Category: Perseverance
- Characters: 4