In late spring, the lovely light is at its finest.
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history
Original meaning: the legendary court music of Emperor Shun (虞舜). 《论语》 records that Confucius heard 韶 in Qi and 'for three months did not know the taste of meat' (三月不知肉味), so moved was he by its beauty. From there 韶 generalized to mean 'beautiful' — especially of springtime and youth.
memory
Almost never appears alone in modern Chinese — you'll meet it as the first syllable of 韶华 (sháohuá, glorious youth), 韶光 (sháoguāng, beautiful springtime), and the place name 韶关 (Sháoguān, a city in Guangdong).
