To provide timely help when someone is in desperate need.
在下雪天给人送炭取暖。比喻在别人急需时给以物质上或精神上的帮助。
宋·范成大《大雪送炭与芥隐》诗不是雪中须送炭，聊装风景要诗来。”
When I lost my job, my friend offered me a loan - that was truly helping me in the snow by sending charcoal.
Learn the next connected idiom: 雪中送炭 (xuě zhōng sòng tàn) → 叹为观止 (tàn wéi guān zhǐ)
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