| 雪中送炭 |
xuě zhōng sòng tàn |
lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom) / fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need |
| 雪 |
Xuě |
surname Xue |
| 雪 |
xuě |
snow / CL:场 / (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc) |
| 中 |
Zhōng |
(bound form) China; Chinese / surname Zhong |
| 中 |
zhōng |
within; among; in / middle; center / while (doing sth); during / (dialect) OK; all right |
| 中 |
zhòng |
to hit (a target) / to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc) / to win (a prize or lottery) |
| 送 |
sòng |
to send; to deliver; to transmit / to give (as a present) / to see (sb) off / to accompany; to go along with |
| 炭 |
tàn |
wood charcoal / coal |