阳春白雪
yáng chūn bái xuě
Pinyin

Definition

阳春白雪
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yáng chūn bái xuě
  1. melodies of the elite in the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chǔ guó]
  2. highbrow art and literature

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

下雪
xià xuě
  1. 1 to snow
新春
xīn chūn
  1. 1 the beginning of Spring
  2. 2 the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day
春
chūn
  1. 1 old variant of 春[chūn]
明白
míng bai
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 obvious
  3. 3 unequivocal
  4. 4 to understand
  5. 5 to realize
春天
chūn tiān
  1. 1 spring (season)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
春晚
Chūn Wǎn
  1. 1 abbr. for 春節聯歡晚會|春节联欢晚会[Chūn jié Lián huān Wǎn huì]
春节
Chūn jié
  1. 1 Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
春运
chūn yùn
  1. 1 (increased) passenger transportation around Chinese New Year
白
Bái
  1. 1 surname Bai
白天
bái tiān
  1. 1 daytime
  2. 2 during the day
  3. 3 day
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
白羊座
Bái yáng zuò
  1. 1 Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
白色
bái sè
  1. 1 white
  2. 2 fig. reactionary
  3. 3 anti-communist
雪
Xuě
  1. 1 surname Xue
雪花
xuě huā
  1. 1 snowflake
青春
qīng chūn
  1. 1 youth
  2. 2 youthfulness
冰雪
bīng xuě
  1. 1 ice and snow
告白
gào bái
  1. 1 to announce publicly
  2. 2 to explain oneself
  3. 3 to reveal one's feelings
  4. 4 to confess
  5. 5 to declare one's love
回春
huí chūn
  1. 1 return of spring
坦白
tǎn bái
  1. 1 honest
  2. 2 forthcoming
  3. 3 to confess
大雪
Dà xuě
  1. 1 Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December

Idioms (20)

一年之计在于春
yī nián zhī jì zài yú chūn
  1. 1 the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)
  2. 2 early planning is the key to success
一清二白
yī qīng èr bái
  1. 1 perfectly clean
  2. 2 blameless
  3. 3 unimpeachable (idiom)
不分皂白
bù fēn zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing black or white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and wrong
不分青红皂白
bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
不问青红皂白
bù wèn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
人生一世，草木一春
rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn
  1. 1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
俨如白昼
yǎn rú bái zhòu
  1. 1 as bright as daylight (idiom)
冰雪聪明
bīng xuě cōng ming
  1. 1 exceptionally intelligent (idiom)
十指不沾阳春水
shí zhǐ bù zhān yáng chūn shuǐ
  1. 1 to have no need to fend for oneself (idiom)
  2. 2 to lead a pampered life
各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜
gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng
  1. 1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
唱白脸
chàng bái liǎn
  1. 1 to play the role of the villain (idiom)
报仇雪耻
bào chóu xuě chǐ
  1. 1 to take revenge and erase humiliation (idiom)
报仇雪恨
bào chóu xuě hèn
  1. 1 to take revenge and wipe out a grudge (idiom)
妙手回春
miào shǒu huí chūn
  1. 1 magical hands bring the dying back to life (idiom); miracle cure
  2. 2 brilliant doctor
恶叉白赖
è chā bái lài
  1. 1 evil behavior (idiom); brazen villainy
放着明白装糊涂
fàng zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu
  1. 1 to pretend not to know (idiom)
数黑论白
shǔ hēi lùn bái
  1. 1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
  2. 2 also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shǔ hēi lùn huáng]
春光乍泄
chūn guāng zhà xiè
  1. 1 spring sunshine emerges to bring the world alive (idiom)
  2. 2 to give a glimpse of sth intimate (e.g. one's underwear)
春江水暖鸭先知
chūn jiāng shuǐ nuǎn yā xiān zhī
  1. 1 lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows
春生，夏长，秋收，冬藏
chūn shēng , xià zhǎng , qiū shōu , dōng cáng
  1. 1 sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)

Sample Sentences

想不到高科技也不是那么阳春白雪的东西，看来你也不只是个书呆子。
xiǎngbùdào gāokējì yě bù shì nàme yángchūnbáixuě de dōngxi ，kànlai nǐ yě bùzhǐshì gè shūdāizi 。
I had no idea that high technology wasn't some elite thing. You're not just a geek after all.
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