Chinese character (chun1) the spring

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Let us begin it with a popular Chinese song’s lyrics: “where is the spring?” Yeah, today we are going to learn the Chinese character 春 chun1 in this Chinese learning online class. First of all, the ancient people intended to express the significance of this season when they created it. Its strokes of oracle bone script can vividly give expression to that intention. What the ancient people think of the spring is that many living things including grasses, trees, and flowers grow under the sunshine. The word Chun1 is a phone-semantic compound in oracle bone script, which originally referred to the first season in the whole year. The formation of it was not fixed until Han dynasty in Chinese history.

So what is this season’s role in the year? The spring is the time when everything becomes vibrant. It is also the season in which life revives from the severe winter. When it comes to the spring, nearly all Chinese people as well as world people would think of the green, life, and growth. However, it is very funny for some girls of Chinese learners think of losing weight, because the approach of the spring means the coming summer, and as a result, many girls can wear skirt with a slim body.

Now, let us look at how to use this word in Chinese phrase when you take Chinese learn online lesson? Here are several instances. 春风（chun1 feng1）refers to winds in spring. You can also say 春雨(chun1 yu3), which is the rain in spring. 春运(chun1 yun4) refers to a social phenomenon that takes place in the coming days of Chinese spring festival. Chun1 is the spring, and yun4 is the population transportation. Thousands of labors and students working and studying outside their hometown go back to there for family gathering on New Year’s Eve. 春卷(chun1 juan3), also called spring pancake or thick pancake, is a kind of traditional food during the festivals in Han ethnic group. It has caught up in many parts of China, especially in south of China. It is not only the food of people’s own, but also serves a dish to entertain guests.

The word chun1 embraces so much Chinese culture in terms of languages, customs, food and so on. If you want to learn its related stories through Chinese online learning, please go to our official website. With the help of a Chinese dictionary, we believe you can master this Chinese character 春（chun1）comprehensively and quickly. See you next time.  
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