Interpretation: As long as you persist in doing things and don't give up halfway, you can succeed.
Synonymous sentence:
How can plum blossom fragrance be without biting cold?
Source: Ode to the Opening Class by Zen Master Huang Berry in Tang Dynasty.
Interpretation: Without freezing cold, there would be no fragrant plum blossoms.
Appreciate:
These are two aphorisms that greet first frost with plum blossoms, and inspire people to overcome difficulties and aspire to achieve something.
The author is a generation of Buddhist Zen monks. He used this poem to express his determination to persevere and practice results, and to tell the correct attitude that people should adopt when dealing with all difficulties. This is also the main reason why these two poems are very famous and often quoted, and they have changed from Zen poems to secular famous sayings.