爆竹声中一岁除

爆竹聲中一歲除

Bàozhú shēng zhōng yī suì chú

quotation

Meanings

1 amid firecracker sounds, another year passes
2 evokes the Lunar New Year
3 opening line of Wang Anshi's poem 'New Year's Day'

Characters

to pass, remove

Examples

爆竹声中一岁除，春风送暖入屠苏。

Bàozhúshēngzhōngyīsuìchú, chūnfēngsòngnuǎnrùtúsū.

Amid firecrackers another year departs; the spring wind carries warmth into tusu wine.

每到大年三十，我都会想起"爆竹声中一岁除"。

Měi dào dàniánsānshí, wǒ dōuhuì xiǎngqǐ " bàozhúshēngzhōngyīsuìchú ".

Every Lunar New Year's Eve I think of 'another year passes amid firecrackers.'

Stroke Order

爆 bào

竹 zhú

声 shēng

中 zhōng

一 yī

岁 suì

除 chú