阳春

Mandarin

simpl.		阳春
trad.		陽春

Idiom

阳春 (simplified, Pinyin yángchūn, traditional 陽春)

1. (archaic) a refined and elegant song (reminding one of the 阳春 song, see proper noun definition)

Noun

阳春 (simplified, Pinyin yángchūn, traditional 陽春)

1. (archaic) a warm spring day
2. (archaic): traditional name for the third of the twelve months of the Chinese calendar, each beginning on a new moon.

Synonyms

• 桃月
• 蚕月
• 莺月
• 暮月
• 鹂月
• 季春
• 炳月
• 三春
• 暮春
• 绸月

Proper noun

阳春 (simplified, Pinyin Yángchūn, traditional 陽春)

1. (archaic) The name of a song: White Snow on a Warm Spring Day (陽春白雪), composed in the state of Chu during the Warring States Period. This song was considered to be refined and extremely difficult to sing.

References

• 阳春白雪 on the Mandarin Wikipedia.zh.Wikipedia:阳春白雪
• "阳春" (in Mandarin), Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2008-11-20.
• 2007, Hanyu Da Cidian 3.0 (in Mandarin), Hong Kong: Commercial Press, ISBN 9789620702778: