春 chūn

1. chūn noun spring
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time , Concept: season 季节
   Notes: (Barnes 2007, p. 31; Guoyu '春' n 1; Unihan '春')
2. chūn noun spring
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 年 (Guoyu '春' n 2)
3. chūn noun vitality
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '春' n 3)
4. chūn noun romance
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '春' n 4)
5. chūn noun spring colors; joyful colors
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '春' n 5)
6. chūn noun the east
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 东方 (Guoyu '春' n 6)
7. chūn noun a kind of alcoholic beverage
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '春' n 7)
8. chūn adjective of springtime
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: (Guoyu '春' adj)

Contained in

• 青春痘 acne
• 春晖(春暉) spring sunshine; parental (often maternal) love
• 春光明媚 lovely spring sunshine
• 着手成春(著手成春) set out and it becomes spring; to effect a miracle cure (of medical operation); to bring back the dead
• 春霖 spring rains
• 春令 spring; springtime; spring weather
• 春宵 a spring night
• 春江水暖鸭先知(春江水暖鴨先知) the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm
• 春大麦(春大麥) spring barley
• 春梦(春夢) spring dream; short-lived illusion; erotic dream
• 几度春风(幾度春風) after the passing of many years
• 春风一度(春風一度) to have sexual intercourse (once)
• 踏青赏春(踏青賞春) to enjoy a beautiful spring walk
• 春播 spring sowing
• 枯木逢春 the spring comes upon a withered tree; to get a new lease on life; to be revived
• 春鸟(春鳥) birds in the spring
• 春山 spring in the mountains
• 早春 early spring
• 第二春 second spring
• 咏春拳(詠春拳) Yongchun; Singing Spring Fist (Chinese martial art)
• 春心 amorous feelings; stirrings of love
• 卖春(賣春) to engage in prostitution
• 打春 Start of Spring
• 青春豆 acne
• 阳春型(陽春型) entry-level (car, device etc)
• 怀春(懷春) (of girls) to yearn for love
• 春风得意(春風得意) flushed with success; proud of one's success (in exams, promotion etc); as pleased as punch
• 咏春(詠春) Wing Chun; Yongchun; Singing Spring Fist
• 春秋 Spring and Autumn Period ; a person's age ; Chunqiu; Annals of Spring and Autumn ; spring and autumn
• 新春 the beginning of Spring ; Spring Festival
• 常春藤 ivy
• 迎春花 winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)
• 春节联欢晚会(春節聯歡晚會) Spring Festival Gala; Spring Festival banquet
• 蟪蛄不知春秋 short-lived cicada does not know the seasons; to see only a small piece of the big picture

Also contained in

伊春市 、 金钦春 、 春秋左氏传 、 贾探春 、 春柳 、 汉晋春秋 、 伤春 、 春柳剧场 、 左氏春秋 、 贾惜春 、 蕲春 、 春秋五霸 、 春秋潜潭巴 、 长春市 、 张春桥 、 李长春 、 晏子春秋

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Truncated for common words

• 卷一百七十一 志第一百二十四 職官十一 Volume 171 Treatises 124: Offical Posts 11 History of Song 宋史 — count: 126
• 卷十七　楚四 Chapter 17: Chu IV Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 80
• 卷一百七十二 志第一百二十五 職官十二 Volume 172 Treatises 125: Offical Posts 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 75
• 卷一百二十五 列傳第十三 徐達 常遇春 Volume 125 Biographies 13: Xu Da, Chang Yuchun History of Ming 明史 — count: 70
• 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 69
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 65
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 63
• 莊公 Lord Zhang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 57
• 卷三百二十七 列傳第二百十五 外國八 韃靼 Volume 327 Biographies 215: Foreign States 8 History of Ming 明史 — count: 57
• 卷六十七　列傳第五:　石顯 桓赧弟:散達 烏春附:溫敦蒲刺 臘醅弟麻產 鈍恩 留可 阿疏 奚王回離保 Volume 67 Biographies 5: Shi Xian, Huan Nan and younger brother: Sanda, Wu Chun and relative: Wendun Puci, Lapei dimachan, Dun En, Liu Ke, A Shu, Xiwang Huilibao History of Jin 金史 — count: 51

Collocations

• 年春 (年春) 二年春 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 580
• 元年春 (元年春) 元年春 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 34
• 十年春 (十年春) 十年春 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 28
• 春王正月 (春王正月) 元年春王正月 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 11
• 春政 (春政) 夏行春政 — Guanzi 管子, 幼官第八 Chapter 8: Young Officials — count: 10
• 行春 (行春) 夏行春政 — Guanzi 管子, 幼官第八 Chapter 8: Young Officials — count: 9
• 春王 (春王) 二年春王二月 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 9
• 中春 (中春) 中春 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 8
• 春曰 (春曰) 春曰苗 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 8
• 春献 (春獻) 春獻鮪也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧臣工之什‧潛 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Chen Gong - Qian — count: 8