春运 (春運)
chūn yùn
Pinyin

Definition

春运 (春運)
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chūn yùn
  1. (increased) passenger transportation around Chinese New Year

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

是嘛，我听说，中国向美国波音购买了三百架波音飞机。以后春运应该不会那么拥挤了哈。
shì ma ，wǒ tīngshuō ，Zhōngguó xiàng Měiguó bōyīn gòumǎi le sānbǎi jià bōyīn fēijī 。yǐhòu chūnyùn yīnggāi bùhuì nàme yōngjǐ le hā 。
Yes, I heard. China bought three hundred Boeing planes from the United States. So maybe the great human migration during the Spring Festival won't be so crowded. Ha.
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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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好，那你觉得春运期间的火车票难买吗？
hǎo ，nà nǐ juéde chūnyùn qījiān de huǒchēpiào nán mǎi ma ？
OK, so do you think it's hard to buy tickets during the peak New Year travel time?
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等于说也是在春运期间吧。车子怎么说呢，非常非常地恐怖。因为现在一年比一年旅客多嘛。
děngyú shuō yě shì zài chūnyùn qījiān ba 。chēzi zěnme shuō ne ，fēicháng fēicháng dì kǒngbù 。yīnwèi xiànzài yī nián bǐ yī nián lǚkè duō ma 。
It's basically that I was traveling during the peak of New Year travel. How can I say this? The train was really, really terrifying. Because every year there are more travelers than before.
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这怎么可能？我跟我老公家，一个在南，一个在北，花在路上的时间就要好几天，累也累死了。而且春运的时候，火车票最难买了。除非坐飞机，但全价机票实在吃不消。
zhè zěnme kěnéng ？wǒ gēn wǒ lǎogōng jiā ，yī gè zài nán ，yī gè zài běi ，huā zài lùshang de shíjiān jiùyào hǎo jǐ tiān ，lèi yě lèi sǐ le 。érqiě chūnyùn de shíhou ，huǒchēpiào zuì nán mǎi le 。chúfēi zuò fēijī ，dàn quánjià jīpiào shízài chībuxiāo 。
How's that going to work? Our two families' homes are in the north and in the south. We'd need to spend quite a few days on the road, and we'd be totally worn out. Plus during the New Year transportation crunch it's really hard to get train tickets. We could go by plane, but full-price tickets are just too much.
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