左氏春秋
Zuǒ shì Chūn qiū
Pinyin

Definition

左氏春秋
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Zuǒ shì Chūn qiū
  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 左傳|左传[Zuǒ Zhuàn]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

左
Zuǒ
  1. 1 surname Zuo
左右
zuǒ yòu
  1. 1 left and right
  2. 2 nearby
  3. 3 approximately
  4. 4 attendant
  5. 5 to control
  6. 6 to influence
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]
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
青春
qīng chūn
  1. 1 youth
  2. 2 youthfulness
小春
xiǎo chūn
  1. 1 10th month of the lunar calendar
  2. 2 Indian summer
  3. 3 crops sown in late autumn
左手
zuǒ shǒu
  1. 1 left hand
  2. 2 left-hand side
左边
zuǒ bian
  1. 1 left
  2. 2 the left side
  3. 3 to the left of
摄氏度
Shè shì dù
  1. 1 °C (degrees Celsius)
春光
chūn guāng
  1. 1 scenes of springtime
  2. 2 the radiance of spring
  3. 3 (fig.) a sight of sth sexy or erotic
  4. 4 an indication of a love affair
春季
chūn jì
  1. 1 springtime
春情
chūn qíng
  1. 1 amorous feelings
春卷
chūn juǎn
  1. 1 egg roll
  2. 2 spring roll
春日
Chūn rì
  1. 1 Chunri or Chunjih township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Píng dōng Xiàn], Taiwan
春秋
Chūn qiū
  1. 1 Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)
  2. 2 Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)
春联
chūn lián
  1. 1 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)

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
一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū
  1. 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一叶知秋
yī yè zhī qiū
  1. 1 lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend
  3. 3 a straw in the wind
一雨成秋
yī yǔ chéng qiū
  1. 1 a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)
不为左右袒
bù wèi zuǒ yòu tǎn
  1. 1 to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)
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
冰壶秋月
bīng hú qiū yuè
  1. 1 jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure
  2. 2 flawless person
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
各有千秋
gè yǒu qiān qiū
  1. 1 each has its own merits (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
宁左勿右
nìng zuǒ wù yòu
  1. 1 (of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)
左券在握
zuǒ quàn zài wò
  1. 1 to be assured of success (idiom)
左右两难
zuǒ yòu liǎng nán
  1. 1 dilemma
  2. 2 quandary
  3. 3 Scylla and Charybdis
  4. 4 between the devil and the deep blue sea (idiom)
左右逢源
zuǒ yòu féng yuán
  1. 1 lit. to strike water right and left (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to turn everything into gold
  3. 3 to have everything going one's way
  4. 4 to benefit from both sides
左右开弓
zuǒ yòu kāi gōng
  1. 1 lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to display ambidexterity
  3. 3 to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession
  4. 4 to use both feet equally (football)
左思右想
zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng
  1. 1 to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles
  2. 2 to ponder
左道惑众
zuǒ dào huò zhòng
  1. 1 to delude the masses with heretical doctrines (idiom)
左顾右盼
zuǒ gù yòu pàn
  1. 1 glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
旁门左道
páng mén zuǒ dào
  1. 1 dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion
  2. 2 dissident group

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