春
chūn
Pinyin

Definition

春
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chūn
  1. spring (season)
  2. gay
  3. joyful
  4. youthful
  5. love
  6. lust
  7. life
春
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Chūn
  1. surname Chun
春 (旾)
 - 
chūn
  1. old variant of 春[chūn]

Character Decomposition

Compounds (4)

蠢
chǔn
  1. 1 variant: 蠢 chǔn
  2. 2 stupid
蠢
chǔn
  1. 1 stupid
  2. 2 sluggish
  3. 3 clumsy
  4. 4 to wiggle (of worms)
  5. 5 to move in a disorderly fashion
椿
chūn
  1. 1 Chinese toon (Toona sinensis)
  2. 2 tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
  3. 3 (literary metaphor) father
蝽
chūn
  1. 1 bedbug

Related Words (20)

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)
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

Idioms (16)

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
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
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
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
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)

Sample Sentences

作者姓孙，单名武字，生于春秋时期。
zuòzhě xìng Sūn ，dānmíngwǔzì ，sheg1yú Chūnqiū shíqī 。
The author’s first name was Sun, given name Wu, he was born in the Spring and Autumn Period.
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我言秋日胜春朝。
wǒ yán qiūrì shèng chūnzhāo 。
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想想春运大潮，我就头皮发麻
xiǎng xiǎng chūnyùn dàcháo ，wǒ jiù tóupífāmá
Thinking of spring festival transportation makes me afraid.
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沿途还可以看看风景呢，只是不知道春运期间列车上会不会很拥挤。
yántú hái kěyǐ kànkan fēngjǐng ne ，zhǐshì bù zhīdào chūnyùn qījiān lièchē shàng huì bùhuì hěn yōngjǐ 。
There are sights to see along the way. Except I don’t know if Spring festival passenger traffic is going to be crowded.
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要过春节了，你打算怎么回家呀？
yào guò Chūnjié le ，nǐ dǎsuàn zěnme huíjiā ya ？
It’s Spring Festival soon, how are you planning to go home?
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从古代的“头悬梁，锥刺股”到现代的“爱拼才会赢”，都在暗示孩子们“我拿青春赌明天”。
cóng gǔdài de “tóu xuán Liáng ，zhuī cì gǔ ”dào xiàndài de “ài pīn cái huì yíng ”，dōu zài ànshì háizi men “wǒ ná qīngchūn dǔ míngtiān ”。
From the “Sword in the Stone” of the past to the modern “I fight to win”, they all imply that youth is but a bargain chip for the future.
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那我们真是求之不得我在富春居订了个包厢，听说王总喜欢唱歌，咱们边吃边聊，边聊边唱，您觉得怎么样？
nà wǒmen zhēn shì qiú zhī bùdé wǒ zài Fùchūnjū dìng le gè bāoxiāng ，tīngshuō Wáng Zǒng xǐhuan chànggē ，zánmen biān chī biān liáo ，biān liáo biān chàng ，nín juéde zěnmeyàng ？
That would be a dream come true! I booked a private room at Fuchunju. I hear Mr Wang likes to sing. We can sing while we chat. How about that?
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同时人生又是幽谷，有蔷薇才能烛隐显幽，体贴入微；���蔷薇才能看到苍蝇控脚，蜘蛛吐丝，才能听到暮色潜动，春草萌芽，才能做到“一沙一世界，一花一天国”。
tóngshí rénshēng yòu shì yōugǔ ，yǒu qiángwēi cáinéng zhúyǐnxiǎnyōu ，tǐtiērùwēi ；yǒu qiángwēi cáinéng kàndào cāngying kòngjiǎo ，zhīzhū tǔ sī ，cáinéng tīngdào mùsè qiándòng ，chūncǎo méngyá ，cáinéng zuò dào “yī shā yī shìjiè ，yī huā yī tiānguó ”。
At the same time, life is like a deep valley, only a rose can serve as a flickering candle in the darkness, in all its attentiveness; only with a rose can you see the fly's legs and the spider spitting silk, Only then can you here the movement of the twilight, and the sprouting of the spring grass, only then is it possible "To see a World in a Grain of Sand. And a Heaven in a Wild Flower."
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春节
Chūnjié
Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
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服务员，我要一份春卷。
fúwùyuán ，wǒ yào yī fèn chūnjuǎn 。
Waiter, I would like a spring roll.
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