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雪中送炭

xuě zhōng sòng tàn

4-character word

What 雪中送炭 means

1. lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom)
2. fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need

The characters in 雪中送炭

• 雪xuěsnow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)
• 中zhōngwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during
• 送sòngto send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off
• 炭tànwood charcoal; coal

Example sentences

• 他的援助真是雪中送炭。
  His help has been invaluable.