碧螺春

bìluóchūn
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 Biluochun tea
  2. 2 Pi Lo Chun green tea

Examples

HSK 6
Tā měitiān zǎoshang yào pào yì bēi bìluóchūn.
Every morning he brews a cup of Biluochun.
HSK 7-9
Bìluóchūn de xiāngqì hěn qīngxīn.
Biluochun has a fresh, delicate fragrance.

Tips

culture
One of the ten famous Chinese teas (中国十大名茶), grown on Dongting Mountain (洞庭山) by Lake Tai in Jiangsu. The leaves curl tightly into a snail-spiral shape - hence 螺 'snail' in the name; 碧 'jade-green' describes the color, 春 marks it as a spring harvest.

Stroke Order

碧 bì
螺 luó
春 chūn