春色

chūnsè
noun #32,895

Meanings

  1. 1 spring scenery
  2. 2 colors of spring
  3. 3 (figurative) flush of spring; glow on the face

Examples

Gōngyuán lǐ chūnsè yírén.
The spring scenery in the park is delightful.
Tā liǎn shàng fànqǐ yī zhèn chūnsè.
A blush of spring rose on her face.

Tips

culture
Heavily used in classical poetry — 春色 ('garden full of spring colors') and 春色不住 (Ye Shaoweng's famous Song-dynasty line, 'spring scenery fills the garden, the wall can't hold it in') are stock allusions. The figurative sense ('blush, flush') often hints at romantic feeling, so 春色 can mean 'glowing with springtime — and maybe a little something else'.

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