What does flying sand and walking stones mean?

Fēi shā zǒu shí (fei shā zǒu shí), a Chinese idiom whose meaning is: flying sand and rolling stones. Describes the swift and violent wind.

Example: The weather in the desert is changeable. Just now it was sunny and windy, but now it is dark, with sand and rocks flying around.

Flying Sand and Rocks comes from "Three Kingdoms·Wu Zhi·Biography of Lu Kai": "Cangwu and Nanhai are harmed by wind miasma. The wind breaks trees, flying sand turns stones, and the gas makes it dense and foggy, preventing birds from passing by. ”

The synonyms of this word are: the sky is dark and the earth is dark, and the antonyms are: the spring is bright, the wind is beautiful, and the sun is beautiful.

Historical story: During the Three Kingdoms period, Lu Yin, the censor of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, offended Sun Quan because of his efforts to protect the crown prince Sun He, and was arrested and imprisoned. Later, he was recommended as the governor of Xiling. Zhongshu Cheng Huahe wrote a letter recommending it. : "Lu Yin is very talented and talented. When he was a local official in Cangwu Nanhai, he made great achievements in controlling the flying sand and rocks there. The people benefited a lot, but he himself was very honest.

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