青春作伴好还乡

青春作伴好還鄉

qīngchūn zuòbàn hǎo huán xiāng

quotation

Meanings

1 with spring as my companion, it is a fine time to return home
2 the spring season is the perfect traveling companion for going home

Characters

to make; act as

Examples

HSK 7-9

樱花一开，朋友圈都在发青春作伴好还乡。

Yīnghuā yī kāi, péngyǒuquān dōu zài fā qīngchūn zuòbàn hǎo huán xiāng.

The moment cherry blossoms open, everyone posts 'with spring as my companion, it's a good time to go home.'

HSK 7-9

毕业返乡的日子，真是青春作伴好还乡。

Bìyè fǎnxiāng de rìzi, zhēnshi qīngchūn zuòbàn hǎo huán xiāng.

Going home after graduation - truly 'with spring as my companion, it's a good time to return.'

Tips

history

From 杜甫 Du Fu 《闻官军收河南河北》, written in 763 when Du Fu heard the An Lushan Rebellion was finally suppressed: 白日放歌须纵酒，青春作伴好还乡 - 'in the bright day I must sing aloud and drink deep; with spring as my companion, it's a fine time to return home.' Du Fu's most exuberant poem.

usage

还 here is huán (to return), not hái. 青春 here = spring season (its original classical meaning), not 'youth' as in modern Mandarin. Usually quoted with the preceding 白日放歌须纵酒.

Stroke Order

青 qīng

春 chūn

作 zuò

伴 bàn

好 hǎo

还 hái

乡 xiāng