lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom); fig. an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows
春节春節chun1 jie2
Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
春节联欢晚会春節聯歡晚會chun1 jie2 lian2 huan1 wan3 hui4
CCTV New Year's Gala, Chinese New Year special; abbr. to 春晚
春景春景chun1 jing3
spring scenery
春卷春捲chun1 juan3
egg roll; spring roll
春困春困chun1 kun4
spring fatigue; spring fever
春联春聯chun1 lian2
Spring Festival couplet (the first line of which is pasted on the right side of a doorway at New Year, and the second on the left side)
春霖春霖chun1 lin2
spring rains
春令春令chun1 ling4
spring; springtime; spring weather
春柳春柳chun1 liu3
Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动, continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会
春柳剧场春柳劇場chun1 liu3 ju4 chang3
Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动, continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会
春柳社春柳社chun1 liu3 she4
Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动, continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会
春梦春夢chun1 meng4
spring dream; short-lived illusion; erotic dream
春情春情chun1 qing2
amorous feelings
春秋春秋chun1 qiu1
Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)
春秋春秋chun1 qiu1
spring and autumn; four seasons; year; a person's age; annals (used in book titles)
春秋大梦春秋大夢chun1 qiu1 da4 meng4
grand dreams; unrealistic ideas (idiom)
春秋鼎盛春秋鼎盛chun1 qiu1 ding3 sheng4
the prime of one's life
春秋繁露春秋繁露chun1 qiu1 fan2 lu4
Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals, ideological tract by Han dynasty political philosopher Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒
春秋三传春秋三傳chun1 qiu1 san1 zhuan4
Three Commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋, including Mr Gongyang's annals 公羊傳|公羊传, Mr Guliang's annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传 and Mr Zuo's annals or Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传
春秋时代春秋時代chun1 qiu1 shi2 dai4
Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)
春秋五霸春秋五霸chun1 qiu1 wu3 ba4
the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), namely: Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓公|齐桓公, Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公, King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王|楚庄王, and alternatively Duke Xiang of Song 宋襄公 and Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公 or King Helu of Wu 吳王闔閭|吴王阖闾 and King Gou
春秋战国春秋戰國chun1 qiu1 zhan4 guo2
the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods
春秋战国时代春秋戰國時代chun1 qiu1 zhan4 guo2 shi2 dai4
the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods; Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC)
春秋左氏传春秋左氏傳chun1 qiu1 zuo3 shi4 zhuan4
Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明; usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传
春日春日chun1 ri4
Chunri or Chunjih township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
春日部春日部chun1 ri4 bu4
Kasukabe, city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan
春日乡春日鄉chun1 ri4 xiang1
Chunri or Chunjih township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家, compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代 Chancellor Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦
绿春綠春lv4 chun1
Lüchun county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
绿春县綠春縣lv4 chun1 xian4
Lüxi county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
买春買春mai3 chun1
to buy wine or drinks
卖春賣春mai4 chun1
to engage in prostitution
满面春风滿面春風man3 mian4 chun1 feng1
beaming; radiant with happiness
满园春色滿園春色man3 yuan2 chun1 se4
everything in the garden is lovely
妙手回春妙手回春miao4 shou3 hui2 chun1
magical hands bring the dying back to life (idiom); miracle cure; brilliant doctor
蕲春蘄春qi2 chun1
Qochun county in Huanggang 黃岡|黄冈, Hubei
蕲春县蘄春縣qi2 chun1 xian4
Qochun county in Huanggang 黃岡|黄冈, Hubei
青春青春qing1 chun1
youth; youthfulness
青春不再青春不再qing1 chun1 bu4 zai4
lit. one's youth will never return; to make the most of one's opportunities (idiom)
lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb); fig. cannot be easily eliminated; abbr. to 野火春風|野火春风
伊春伊春yi1 chun1
Yichun prefecture level city in Heilongjiang
伊春区伊春區yi1 chun1 qu1
Yichun district of Yichun city, Heilongjiang
伊春市伊春市yi1 chun1 shi4
Yichun prefecture level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江 in northeast China
一年之计在于春一年之計在於春yi1 nian2 zhi1 ji4 zai4 yu2 chun1
the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom); early planning is the key to success
宜春宜春yi2 chun1
Yichun prefecture level city in Jiangxi
宜春地区宜春地區yi2 chun1 di4 qu1
Yichun prefecture in Jiangxi
宜春市宜春市yi2 chun1 shi4
Yichun prefecture level city in Jiangxi
迎春花迎春花ying2 chun1 hua1
winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)
永春永春yong3 chun1
Yongchun County in Quanzhou 泉州, Fujian
咏春詠春yong3 chun1
Wing Chun; same as 詠春拳|咏春拳; Yongchun - "Singing Spring Fist" (Chinese martial art)
咏春拳詠春拳yong3 chun1 quan2
Yongchun - "Singing Spring Fist" (Chinese martial art)
永春县永春縣yong3 chun1 xian4
Yongchun County in Quanzhou 泉州, Fujian
游春遊春you2 chun1
to go for a trip in spring
雨后春笋雨後春筍yu3 hou4 chun1 sun3
lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth; many new things emerge in rapid succession
早春早春zao3 chun1
early spring
张春帆張春帆zhang1 chun1 fan1
Zhang Chunfan (-1935), late Qing novelist, author of The Nine-tailed Turtle 九尾龜|九尾龟
张春桥張春橋zhang1 chun1 qiao2
Zhang Chunqiao (1917-2005), one of the Gang of Four
着手成春著手成春zhuo2 shou3 cheng2 chun1
lit. set out and it becomes spring (idiom); to effect a miracle cure (of medical operation); to bring back the dead; once it starts, everything goes well
左氏春秋左氏春秋zuo3 shi4 chun1 qiu1
Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明; usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传