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| | to bloom; to blossom; to flower / (fig.) to burst; to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish | HSK 4 |
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| | spring (small stream) / mouth of a spring / coin (archaic) | HSK 5 |
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| | to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials) | HSK 5 |
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| | New Year (Spring Festival) picture | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to emerge in large numbers / to spring up / to emerge prominently | HSK 7-9 |
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| | four seasons, namely: spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋 and winter 冬 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to rise / to spring up / to burgeon / to be aroused / to come into vogue | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to rise abruptly (to a towering position) / to tower over / to spring up / to emerge suddenly / the emergence (e.g. of a power) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | hot spring | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節｜春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar | HSK 7-9 |
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| | fountainhead / well-spring / water source / fig. origin | HSK 7-9 |
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| | surname Yi / alternative name for 絳｜绛, the capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC) | |
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| | Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) / Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC) | |
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| | spring and autumn / four seasons / year / a person's age / annals (used in book titles) | |
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| | capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC) | |
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| | Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武｜孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法｜孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書｜武经七书 | |
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| | spring (season) / gay / joyful / youthful / love / lust / life | |
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| | easterly wind / spring breeze / (fig.) revolutionary momentum; favorable circumstances | |
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| | spring | |
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| | Guanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國｜齐国 of Spring and Autumn period / Guanzi, classical book containing writings of Guan Zhong and his school | |
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| | surname Chu / abbr. for Hubei 湖北省 and Hunan 湖南省 provinces together / Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722-221 BC) | |
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| | (literary) spring water gushing out | |
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| | elasticity / elastic force / spring / rebound / bounce | |
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| | egg roll / spring roll | |
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| | clockwork spring (used to power a watch or windup toy etc) / (attributive) windup; clockwork | |
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| | scenes of springtime / the radiance of spring / (fig.) a sight of sth sexy or erotic / an indication of a love affair | |
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| | clear spring | |
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| | the beginning of Spring / the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day | |
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| | Bole (a man who lived during Spring and Autumn Period, reputed to be able to spot a good horse) / a person who is good at spotting talent | |
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| | spring breeze / (fig.) pleasant demeanor; serene atmosphere; favorable conditions / (literary) romantic encounter; an affair | |
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| | Lichun or Beginning of Spring, 1st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣｜二十四节气 4th-18th February | |
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| | 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) | |
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| | to plow a field in the spring | |
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| | steamed roll / spring roll | |
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| | the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经, the Book of History 書經｜书经, the Classic of Rites 禮記｜礼记, the Book of Changes 易經｜易经, and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋 | |
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| | early spring | |
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| | East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer) | |
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| | spring tide / (fig.) momentous social change | |
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| | a powerful chief of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) / overlord / hegemon | |
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| | lit. spring wind and rain (idiom); fig. the long-term influence of a solid education | |
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| | the Yellow Springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / the equivalent of Hades or Hell | |
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| | hot spring (archaic) | |
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| | lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom); fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day | |
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| | the Hundred Schools of Thought, the various schools of thought and their exponents during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC) | |
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| | to go for a hike in spring | |
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| | spring outing / spring excursion | |
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| | colors of spring / spring scenery | |
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| | Chunfen or Spring Equinox, 4th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣｜二十四节气 21st March-4th April | |
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| | reed (of a music instrument) / spring; coil | |
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| | to briefly boil (a vegetable etc), then dress with soy sauce, oil, vinegar etc / to briefly stir-fry (meat, chopped spring onions etc), then add to other ingredients and cook further | |
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| | spring-loaded arrow concealed in one's sleeve | |
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| | spring rain / gift from above | |
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| | lit. spring sunshine / fig. parental (often maternal) love | |
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| | (in the spring) nature takes on a new look (idiom) | |
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| | lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth / many new things emerge in rapid succession | |
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| | to leap / to spring / to throw oneself | |
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| | Wing Chun / same as 詠春拳｜咏春拳 / Yongchun - "Singing Spring Fist" (Chinese martial art) | |
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| | spring dream / short-lived illusion / erotic dream | |
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| | (agriculture) to sow in spring | |
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| | (idiom) to blossom everywhere; to spring up all over the place; to flourish on a large scale | |
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| | spring mattress (loanword from "Simmons" bedding company name) | |
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| | mouth of a spring or fountain | |
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| | spring pancake, a Chinese flatbread wrap | |
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| | mountain spring | |
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| | dangers spring up all around (idiom); surrounded by perils | |
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| | (coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing / to dawdle; to stall / (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath | |
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| | spring break | |
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| | Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾 | |
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| | to go for a trip in spring | |
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| | banquet to celebrate the Spring Festival / wine made in spring and kept until winter, or made in winter and kept until spring | |
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| | lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom); gratitude for blessings and their well-spring / Don't forget where your happiness come from. / Be grateful for all your blessings! | |
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| | the nine springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / Hades | |
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| | Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動｜新文化运动, continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會｜新剧同志会 | |
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| | arising involuntarily (idiom); spontaneous / to spring up unbidden (of emotion) | |
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| | beginning of spring / the lunar New Year | |
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| | lovely spring sunshine | |
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| | return of spring | |
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| | beginning of spring / thoughts of love | |
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| | spring chill in the air / cold | |
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| | lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom); the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop / temporary deficit in manpower or resources / unable to make ends meet | |
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| | metropolitan civil service examination (held triennially in spring in imperial times) / Crown Prince's chambers / by extension, the Crown Prince | |
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| | spring flood (at peach-blossom time) | |
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| | lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom) / fig. to get a new lease on life / to be revived / (of a difficult situation) to suddenly improve | |
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| | spring irrigation | |
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| | spring rains | |
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| | sowing in autumn (for a crop in spring) | |
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| | red flowers and green willow / all the colors of spring | |
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| | lit. to enjoy the beautiful spring scenery (idiom) / fig. to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats | |
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| | spring | |
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| | spring fatigue / spring fever | |
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| | lit. tread the green; go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green) / spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April | |
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| | spring tide | |
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| | spring imperial ancestral sacrifice | |
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| | metropolitan civil service examination (held triennially in spring in imperial times) | |
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| | spring flood | |
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| | lit. set out and it becomes spring (idiom); to effect a miracle cure (of medical operation) / to bring back the dead / once it starts, everything goes well | |
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