阳春白雪 (陽春白雪)
yáng chūn bái xuě
Pinyin

Definition

阳春白雪 (陽春白雪)
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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 classifier: 个 gè

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

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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