Mandarin Vocab|A Year in 24 Solar Terms|Spring

It usually falls on Lunar 3rd, 4th or 5th of February and signifies the beginning of Spring.

The first character, ???, is a common word in Chinese. The literal meaning is “stand” and is opposite to “lying down”. Here in the terms ??????, the extended meaning of ??? is adopted: to establish. In literal: the spring is established, that is, the spring has arrived.

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