南风北雪
[nán fēng bĕi xuĕ]
'Southern Wind and Northern Snow' juxtaposes elements from two different extremes—warming southern wind against the cold northern snow. This can signify contrasts in one's experience or personality, embodying both gentleness and hardness, warmth and coldness, ease, and hardship. It may also represent journeys between contrasting places or states of being.