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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
spring (season) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
HSK 2
four seasons, namely: spring , summer , autumn and winter
HSK 7-9
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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  *弹* | 弹* | *弹
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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  *泉* | 泉* | *泉
spring (small stream) / mouth of a spring / coin (archaic)
HSK 5
the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom) / early planning is the key to success
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  *春* | 春* | *春
spring (season) / gay / joyful / youthful / love / lust / life
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
spring break
(agriculture) to sow in spring
hot spring
HSK 7-9
(idiom) amiable as a spring breeze
(in the spring) nature takes on a new look (idiom)
Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
lit. like stepping on a tiger's tail or spring ice (idiom) / fig. extremely dangerous situation
thawing and opening up of frozen river in spring
boiled noodles served without broth, topped with just a sprinkle of oil and some chopped spring onions, to which customers add vinegar, soy sauce or chili oil according to their taste
steamed roll / spring roll
easterly wind / spring breeze / (fig.) revolutionary momentum; favorable circumstances
Nongfu Spring, Chinese bottled water and beverage company
inner-spring mattress (loanword from US mattress brand "Simmons")
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  *楚* | 楚* | *楚
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)
the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods
Chunfen or Spring Equinox, 4th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st March-4th April
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
New Year (Spring Festival) picture
HSK 7-9
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
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)
the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家, Daoists 道家, Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家, Legalists 法家, Logicians 名家, Mohists 墨家, Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家, Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家, and Agriculturalists 農家|农家
flick knife / switchblade / spring-loaded knife
colors of spring / spring scenery
egg roll / spring roll
East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer)
Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) / Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)
spring and autumn / four seasons / year / a person's age / annals (used in book titles)
elasticity / elastic force / spring / rebound / bounce
four seasons like spring / favorable climate throughout the year
to get up on hind legs (esp. of horse) / to stand / to spring up
to rise / to spring up / to burgeon / to be aroused / to come into vogue
HSK 7-9
to emerge in large numbers / to spring up / to emerge prominently
HSK 7-9
(coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing / to dawdle; to stall / (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath
the three spring months
the beginning of Spring / the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day
mineral spring
beginning of spring / thoughts of love
spring tide
spring breeze / (fig.) pleasant demeanor; serene atmosphere; favorable conditions / (literary) romantic encounter; an affair
arising involuntarily (idiom); spontaneous / to spring up unbidden (of emotion)
The Artificer's Record, a technology treaty compiled towards the end of the Spring and Autumn period
fountainhead / well-spring / water source / fig. origin
HSK 7-9
the four seasons / spring, summer, autumn and winter
to plow a field in the spring
beginning of spring / the lunar New Year
the four seasons, namely: spring , summer , autumn and winter
spring rain / gift from above
lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉 (idiom) / fig. to die / to meet one's end
spring tide / (fig.) momentous social change
spring flood
spring pancake, a Chinese flatbread wrap
to rise high; to spring up
to wind the spring up tight / (fig.) to gear up; to ready oneself
lit. spring wind and rain (idiom); fig. the long-term influence of a solid education
spring water / CL:
Wing Chun / same as 詠春拳|咏春拳 / Yongchun - "Singing Spring Fist" (Chinese martial art)
dangers spring up all around (idiom); surrounded by perils
spring chill in the air / cold
lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth / many new things emerge in rapid succession
Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, Book of History 尚書|尚书, Book of Rites 儀禮|仪礼, the lost Book of Music 樂經|乐经, Book of Changes 易經|易经, Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋
sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)
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!
to emerge; to pop up; to spring forth; to appear from nowhere
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
mouth of a spring or fountain
gushing spring / see 湧泉穴|涌泉穴
Yongchun - "Singing Spring Fist" (Chinese martial art)
scenes of springtime / the radiance of spring / (fig.) a sight of sth sexy or erotic / an indication of a love affair
Sun Wu, also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子 (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
lit. spring sunshine / fig. parental (often maternal) love
lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom) / fig. an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows
Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾
banquet to celebrate the Spring Festival / wine made in spring and kept until winter, or made in winter and kept until spring
the Peach Blossom Spring, a hidden land of peace and prosperity / utopia
spring tide (biggest tide, at new moon or full moon)
clear spring
Guan Zhong (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period / known as Guangzi 管子
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)
Three Commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋, including Mr Gongyang's annals 公羊傳|公羊传, Mr Guliang's annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传 and Mr Zuo's annals or Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传
(martial arts, gymnastics) to kip up (spring upright from supine without hands) / (fig.) to jolt upright
spring lock
lit. green willows and red flowers (idiom) / fig. all the colors of spring
spring flood (at peach-blossom time)
onsen tamago; hot spring egg (soft-boiled egg cooked slowly in hot spring water)
Lichun or Beginning of Spring, 1st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 4th-18th February
River on a spring night, long yuefu poem by 張若虛|张若虚
the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), namely: Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓公|齐桓公, Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公, King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王|楚庄王, and alternatively Duke Xiang of Song 宋襄公 and Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公 or King Helu of Wu 吳王闔閭|吴王阖闾 and King Gou Jian of Yue 越王勾踐|越王勾践
(idiom) to blossom everywhere; to spring up all over the place; to flourish on a large scale
a powerful chief of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) / overlord / hegemon
the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods / Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC)

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