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陽春

简阳春 · 繁陽春

Mandarin · pinyin yáng chūn#

mild spring weather

Mandarin · pinyin Yáng chūn#

see 陽春市 Yáng chūn Shì

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陽: yáng · the active, male principle in Chinese philosophy (yang); light; sun
春: chūn · spring; wanton
阳: yáng · 'male' principle; light; sun

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2–1 · yang2 chun1

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noun

(archaic) warm spring day
short for 陽春白雪／阳春白雪 (yángchūnbáixuě) — (archaic, idiomatic) anything refined and elegant, (particularly) something whose refinement and elegance is unappreciated by the boors who possess it.
short for 陽春白雪／阳春白雪 (yángchūnbáixuě) — (archaic) any refined and elegant song

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name

(literary) the third month of the Chinese lunar calendar
(～市) Yangchun (a county-level city of Yangjiang, Guangdong, China)
(～社區) Yangchun (a community in Guanshan, Hongshan district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)

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