春 | chūn | spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life |
春秋 | chūn qiū | spring and autumn; four seasons; year; a person's age; annals (used in book titles); Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC) |
春天 | chūn tiān | spring (season); CL:个 |
春季 | chūn jì | springtime |
春耕 | chūn gēng | to plow a field in the spring |
青春 | qīng chūn | youth; youthfulness |
春节 | chūn jié | Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) |
长春 | Cháng chūn | Changchun subprovincial city and capital of Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China |
春风 | chūn fēng | spring wind |
春播 | chūn bō | spring sowing |
早春 | zǎo chūn | early spring |
开春 | kāi chūn | beginning of spring; the lunar New Year |
新春 | xīn chūn | Chinese New Year |
春光 | chūn guāng | spring sunshine |
春意 | chūn yì | beginning of spring; thoughts of love |
立春 | Lì chūn | Lichun or Beginning of Spring, 1st of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 |
鄂伦春 | È lún chūn | Oroqen or Orochon (ethnic group) |
春分 | Chūn fēn | Chunfen or Spring Equinox, 4th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 21st March-4th April |
春联 | chūn lián | Spring Festival couplets; New Year scrolls |
李富春 | Lǐ Fù chūn | Li Fuchun (1900-1975), communist politician |
青春期 | qīng chūn qī | puberty; adolescence |
宜春 | Yí chūn | Yichun prefecture level city in Jiangxi |
春汛 | chūn xùn | spring flood |
富春江 | Fù chūn jiāng | Fuchun River in Zhejiang |
三春 | sān chūn | the three spring months |
人生一世, 草木一春 | rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn | Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence |
伊春 | Yī chūn | Yichun prefecture level city in Heilongjiang |
伊春区 | Yī chūn qū | Yichun district of Yichun city, Heilongjiang |
伊春市 | Yī chūn shì | Yichun prefecture level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 in northeast China |
倒春寒 | dào chūn hán | cold snap during the spring |
公羊春秋 | Gōng yáng chūn qiū | Mr Gongyang's annals or commentary on 春秋, early history, probably written during Han dynasty, same as 公羊传 |
十六国春秋 | Shí liù guó Chūn qiū | history of the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 by Cui Hong 崔鸿, written towards the end of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏, 100 scrolls |
十国春秋 | shí guó chūn qiū | History of Ten States of South China (1669) by Wu Renchen 吴任臣, 77 scrolls |
吴越春秋 | Wú Yuè chūn qiū | History of the Southern States Wu and Yue (traditional rivals), compiled by Han historian Zhao Ye 赵晔, 10 extant scrolls |
吕氏春秋 | Lǚ shì chūn qiū | lit “Mr Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought诸子百家 , compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代 Chancellor Lü Buwei.吕不韦[Lu:3 Bu4 wei2] |
四季如春 | sì jì rú chūn | four seasons like spring; favorable climate throughout the year |
回春 | huí chūn | return of spring |
报春花 | bào chūn huā | primrose (Primula malacoides) |
妙手回春 | miào shǒu huí chūn | magical hands bring the dying back to life (idiom); miracle cure; brilliant doctor |
季春 | jì chūn | final month of spring (i.e. third month of lunar calendar) |
宜春地区 | Yí chūn dì qū | Yichun prefecture in Jiangxi |
宜春市 | Yí chūn shì | Yichun prefecture level city in Jiangxi |
左氏春秋 | Zuǒ shì chūn qiū | Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明; usually called Zuo Zhuan 左传 |
常春藤 | cháng chūn téng | ivy |
张春帆 | Zhāng Chūn fān | Zhang Chunfan (-1935), late Qing novelist, author of The Nine-tailed Turtle 九尾龟 |
张春桥 | Zhāng Chūn qiáo | Zhang Chunqiao (1917-2005), one of the Gang of Four |
恒春 | Héng chūn | Hengchun town in Pingtung county 屏东县, Taiwan |
恒春半岛 | Héng chūn bàn dǎo | Hengchun Peninsula in Pingtung county 屏东县, the southernmost point of Taiwan Island |
恒春镇 | Héng chūn zhèn | Hengchun town in Pingtung county 屏东县, Taiwan |
敬贺新春 | jìng hè xīn chūn | the Chinese New Year |