1. four seasons like spring2. favorable climate throughout the year
1. Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[zuǒ qiū míng]2. usually called Zuo Zhuan 左传[zuǒ zhuàn]
Chinese New Year festivities
1. spring sunshine emerges to bring the world alive (idiom)2. to give a glimpse of sth intimate (e.g. one's underwear)
1. the four seasons2. spring, summer, autumn and winter
the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods
Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)
Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals, ideological tract by Han dynasty political philosopher Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒[dǒng zhòng shū]
to have sexual intercourse (once)
lit. spring wind and rain (idiom); fig. the long-term influence of a solid education
(idiom) amiable as a spring breeze
1. pleasantly smiling2. radiant with happiness
Tales of Yanzi, book describing the life and wisdom of Yanzi 晏子 (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States
MURAKAMI Haruki (1949-), Japanese novelist and translator
1. lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom)2. fig. to get a new lease on life3. to be revived4. (of a difficult situation) to suddenly improve+1 条 着手成春 著手成春 zhuó shǒu chéng chūn 1. lit. set out and it becomes spring (idiom); to effect a miracle cure (of medical operation)2. to bring back the dead3. once it starts, everything goes well
1. lit. like stepping on a tiger's tail or spring ice (idiom)2. fig. extremely dangerous situation
River on a spring night, long yuefu poem by 张若虚[zhāng ruò xū]
鄂伦春自治旗 鄂倫春自治旗 è lún chūn zì zhì qí Oroqin Autonomous Banner in Hulunbuir 呼伦贝尔[hū lún bèi ěr], Inner Mongolia
一年之计在于春 一年之計在於春 yī nián zhī jì zài yú chūn 1. the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)2. early planning is the key to success
see 万古长青[wàn gǔ cháng qīng]
1. to caterwaul2. to call like an animal in heat
Hill of Spring (derivation of Tel Aviv 特拉维夫 from the book of Ezekiel 以西结书)
1. erotic print2. pornographic picture
1. metropolitan civil service examination (held triennially in spring in imperial times)2. Crown Prince's chambers3. by extension, the Crown Prince
Lichun or Beginning of Spring, 1st of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气[èr shí sì jié qi] 4th-18th February
Zhang Chunfan (-1935), late Qing novelist, author of The Nine-tailed Turtle 九尾龟
Chuncheon city, capital of Gangwon province 江原道[jiāng yuán dào], South Korea
Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化运动[xīn wén huà yùn dòng], continued in China from 1912 as 新剧同志会[xīn jù tóng zhì huì]
Spring lantern riddles (guessing game at Lantern Festival 元宵节, at the end of Spring festival 春节)
1. yellow chrysanthemum2. chamomile (Anthemis spp.)
1. (lit.) second spring2. (fig.) falling in love for the second time3. a new lease of life4. rebirth+1 条 Mr Gongyang's Annals or commentary on 春秋[chūn qiū], early history, probably written during Han dynasty, same as 公羊传[gōng yáng zhuàn]
History of Ten States of South China (1669) by Wu Renchen 吴任臣[wú rèn chén], 114 scrolls
to make the most of one's youthfulness in one's choice of employment (e.g. modeling)