陽春

Mandarin

simpl.		阳春
trad.		陽春

Idiom

陽春 (traditional, Pinyin yángchūn, simplified 阳春)

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

Noun

陽春 (traditional, Pinyin yángchūn, simplified 阳春)

1. (archaic) a warm spring day

Proper noun

陽春 (traditional, Pinyin Yángchūn, simplified 阳春)

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

References

• 陽春白雪 on the Mandarin Wikipedia.zh.Wikipedia:陽春白雪
• "陽春" (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: