春笋 (春筍)
chūn sǔn
Pinyin

Definition

春笋 (春筍)
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chūn sǔn
  1. springtime bamboo shoots
  2. fig. (of woman's fingers) tender and delicate

Character Decomposition

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

哦，我美丽的皇后，您有所不知啊，中国大陆的“网红”，光是微博“直播”粉丝人数，一人就突破了好几十万甚至百万。而像雨后春笋一般崛起的“网红”们关注人数破亿绝对不在话下。
ò ，wǒ měilì de huánghòu ，nín yǒusuǒbùzhī ā ，Zhōngguódàlù de “wǎnghóng ”，guāngshì wēibó “zhíbō ”fěnsī rénshù ，yī rén jiù tūpò le hǎo jǐ shíwàn shènzhì bǎiwàn 。ér xiàng yǔhòuchūnsǔn yībān juéqǐ de “wǎnghóng ”men guānzhù rénshù pò yì juéduì bùzàihuàxià 。
Uh, my fair queen, there is something you don't know. Just in terms of their numbers of live broadcast fans on Weibo, Chinese internet celebrities have several hundreds of thousands to a million each. And it's possible the many new emerging internet stars have over 100 million followers.
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可不是嘛。记得九十年代末的时候还是日本偶像剧的天下。可是瞬间“韩流”来袭，大街小巷都哈韩，各种韩式料理，韩国明星，韩国小说，韩国服装都雨后春笋般冒出来。
kěbushì ma 。jìde jiǔshíniándàimò de shíhou hái shì rìběn ǒuxiàngjù de tiānxià 。kěshì shùnjiān “hánliú ”lái xí ，dàjiēxiǎoxiàng dōu hā hán ，gèzhǒng hánshì liào lǐ ，Hánguó míngxīng ，Hánguó xiǎoshuō ，Hánguó fúzhuāng dōu yǔhòuchūnsǔn bān mào chūlai 。
Ain't that the truth. I remember at the end of the nineties Japanese soap operas were on top of the world. But then there was a sudden sneak attack from Korea, and now ''Loving Korea" is all the rage. Everywhere you go are Korean cooking, Korean stars, Korean novels, Korean clothes-- they're popping up like mushrooms after a spring rain.
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成都人爱上茶馆。事实上成都的茶馆也多得有如雨后春笋。而且差不多都座无虚席，茶客满棚，生意好得不敢让人相信。
Chéngdūrén ài shàng cháguǎn 。shìshíshàng Chéngdū de cháguǎn yě duō de yǒu rú yǔhòuchūnsǔn 。érqiě chàbuduō dōu zuòwúxūxí ，chákè mǎnpéng ，shēngyi hǎo de bùgǎn ràng rén xiāngxìn 。
Chengdu people love to go to tea houses. Chengdu has loads of tea houses, and that's a fact. And they're all almost totally packed. Business is unbelievably good.
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