📖 Meaning
The first 'rain' is a noun meaning rainfall, and the second 'rain' is a verb meaning to rain upon. The phrase likens timely help and education to summer rain falling on people. It metaphorically describes giving assistance or guidance to others at just the right moment.
📜 Origin Story
This idiom originates from Han Dynasty scholar Liu Xiang's work 'Shuoyuan: Guì Dé' (Garden of Persuasions: Valuing Virtue). It records the words of Guan Zhong, the famous statesman of the Spring and Autumn period, who upon ascending his chariot sighed that he could not, like the spring wind warming people or the summer rain nourishing people, bring timely benefit to others, and therefore feared he would fall into poverty. The phrase has since come to symbolize timely and benevolent help given to those in need.
💡 Example Usage
王老师多年来悉心辅导贫困学生，可谓夏雨雨人，深受爱戴。
Teacher Wang has devoted years to tutoring underprivileged students—his timely help is like summer rain, and he is deeply beloved.
🏷️ Category
➕ Similar Idioms
➖ Opposite Idioms
🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 夏雨雨人
- Pinyin: xià yǔ yǔ rén
- Literal Translation: summer, rain, rain, people
- Category: Morality
- Characters: 4