春: spring

春 chūn

noun
: spring (time); springtime
: gay; joyful
: youthful
: love; lust; wanton
: life

Kun Reading

春 | はる haru

adverbial noun | temporal noun
: spring; springtime
: New Year
: prime (of one’s life, etc.)
: adolescence; puberty
: sexuality

四季 si4ji4: four seasons

春 chun1: spring
夏 xia4: summer
秋 qiu1: autumn
冬 dong1: winter

春天 chun1tian1: spring (season)

春雨 chun1yu3: spring rain; gift from above
[しゅんう shunu OR はるさめ harusame: gentle spring rain
: thin noodles made from bean starch (or potato starch)]

春節[节] chun1jie2: Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
[春節 | しゅんせつ shunsetsu: Lunar New Year; Chinese New Year; Spring Festival]

春季 chun1ji4: springtime
[しゅんき shank: spring season]

春假 chun1jia4: spring break

春休 | はるやすみ haru yasumi: spring break; spring vacation

春秋 chun1qiu1: spring and autumn; four seasons; year; a person’s age; annals (used in book titles); Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)
[はるあき haruaki: spring and autumn; spring and fall; months and years]

春意 chun1yi4: beginning of spring; thoughts of love

春耕 chun1’geng1: to plow a field in the spring
[しゅんこう shunkou: spring plowing]

青春 qing1chun1: youth; youthfulness
[せいしゅん seishun: youth; springtime of life; adolescent]

青春豆 qing1 chun1 dou4: acne

青春小説 | せいしゅんしょうせつ seishun shousetsu: youth novel

三春 san1chun1: the three spring months
[さんしゅん sanshun: three spring months]

叫春 jiao4chun1: to caterwaul; to call like an animal in heat

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom | proverb
春暑し | はるあつし haru atsushi
: summer-like (e.g. of weather in late spring)

*春夏秋冬 | しゅんかしゅうとう shunka shuutou
: (yoji) spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons

春宵一刻 | しゅんしょういっこく shunshou ikkoku
: (yoji) a moment of time in a spring evening (is worth a thousand pieces of gold)

春花秋月 | しゅんかしゅうげつ shunka shuugetsu
: (yoji) spring flowers and the autumn moon; beauty of nature as it changes from season to season

春風駘蕩 | しゅんぷうたいとう shunpuu taitou
: (yoji) warm and genial spring weather; genial and balmy

春秋に富む | しゅんじゅうにとむ shunjuu ni tomu
: to be young; to be young and have a promising future

青春時代 | せいしゅんじだい seishun jidai
: (yoji) one’s youth; one’s youthful days (years); the flower of one’s youth; the springtime of one’s life

青春群像 | せいしゅんぐんぞう seishun gunzou
: (yoji) youthful crowd; crowd of young people coming into their own

冬来たりなば春遠からじ | ふゆきたりなばはるとおからじ fuyu kitarinaba haru tookaraji
: If Winter comes can Spring be far behind?

春宵一刻値千金 | しゅんしょういっこくあたいせんきん shunshou ikkokuatai senkin
: a moment of time in a spring evening is worth a thousand pieces of gold

春眠暁を覚えず | しゅんみんあかつきをおぼえず shunmin akatsuki o oboezu
: (proverb) In spring one sleeps a sleep that knows no dawn; In spring one sleeps like a log; spring nights are the perfect temperature for sleeping so it’s easy to oversleep

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom | proverb
詠春拳 [咏春拳] yong3 chun1 quan2
: Wing Chun or Yongchun – “Singing Spring Fist” (Chinese martial art)

第二春 di4 er4 chun1
: lit. second spring; fig. falling in love for the second time; a new lease of life; rebirth

*春夏秋冬 chun1 xia4 qiu1 dong1
: the four seasons; spring, summer, autumn and winter

春光乍泄 chun1 guang1 zha4 xie4
: spring sunshine emerges to bring the world alive; to give a glimpse of something intimate (e.g. one’s underwear)

妙手回春 miao4 shou3 hui2 chun1
: magical hands bring the dying back to life; miracle cure; brilliant doctor

四季如春 si4 ji4 ru2 chun1
: four seasons like spring; favorable climate throughout the year

滿面春風 [满面春风] man3 mian4 chun1 feng1
: beaming; radiant with happiness

枯木逢春 ku1 mu4 feng2 chun1
: lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree; fig. to get a new lease on life; to be revived; (of a difficult situation) to suddenly improve

雨後春筍 [雨后春笋] yu3 hou4 chun1 sun3
: lit. after rain, the spring bamboo; fig. rapid new growth; many new things emerge in rapid succession

著手成春 [着手成春] zhuo2 shou3 cheng2 chun1
: lit. set out and it becomes spring; to effect a miracle cure (of medical operation); to bring back the dead; once it starts, everything goes well

虎尾春冰 hu3 wei3 chun1 bing1
: lit. like stepping on a tiger’s tail or spring ice; fig. extremely dangerous situation

青春不再 qing1 chun1 bu4 zai4
: lit. one’s youth will never return; to make the most of one’s opportunities

青春永駐 [青春永驻] qing1 chun1 yong3 zhu4
: to stay young forever

蟪蛄不知春秋 hui4 gu1 bu4 zhi1 chun1 qiu1
: lit. short-lived cicada does not know the seasons; fig. to see only a small piece of the big picture

一年之計在於春 [一年之计在于春] yi1 nian2 zhi1 ji4 zai4 yu2 chun1
: the whole year must be planned for in the spring; early planning is the key to success

人生一世，草木一春 ren2 sheng1 yi1 shi4 , cao3 mu4 yi1 chun1
: Man has but one life, grass but one spring. fig. the brevity of human existence

十指不沾陽春水 [十指不沾阳春水] shi2 zhi3 bu4 zhan1 yang2 chun1 shui3
: to have no need to fend for oneself; to lead a pampered life

春江水暖鴨先知 [春江水暖鸭先知] chun1 jiang1 shui3 nuan3 ya1 xian1 zhi1
: lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm; fig. an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows

春生，夏長，秋收，冬藏 [春生，夏长，秋收，冬藏] chun1 sheng1 , xia4 zhang3 , qiu1 shou1 , dong1 cang2
: sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter

野火燒不盡，春風吹又生 [野火烧不尽，春风吹又生] ye3 huo3 shao1 bu4 jin4 , chun1 feng1 chui1 you4 sheng1
: (proverb) lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass – it grows again when the breeze blows; fig. cannot be easily eliminated; abbr. to 野火春風|野火春风 ye3 huo3 chun1 feng1