春树

春樹
chūnshù
noun #71,724

Meanings

  1. 1 spring trees
  2. 2 trees in spring (literary)

Examples

Wèi běi chūnshù, Jiāng dōng rìmù.
Spring trees north of the Wei River; sunset east of the Yangtze.
Chuāngwài de chūnshù yǐjīng chōuchū le xīn yá.
The spring trees outside the window have already sprouted new buds.

Tips

history
春树日暮 is from Du Fu's 《春日李白》 — the 'spring trees' and 'sunset clouds' evoke the thousand-mile distance between Du Fu and his absent friend Li Bai.
culture
In Japanese, the same two characters read Haruki () — the given name of novelist Murakami Haruki (春树), whose Chinese fans often spot this word in their own poetry.

Stroke Order

chūn
shù