小池

Xiǎochí

proper noun #42,629

Meanings

1 The Little Pond, Yang Wanli's quatrain on a pond in early summer

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

很多小学生都会背《小池》。

Hěnduō xiǎoxuéshēng dōu huì bèi 《 Xiǎochí 》.

Many primary-school pupils can recite "The Little Pond".

HSK 7-9

杨万里的《小池》只用四句就写出了初夏池塘的生机。

Yáng Wànlǐ de 《 Xiǎochí 》 zhǐ yòng sì jù jiù xiěchū le chūxià chítáng de shēngjī.

In just four lines, Yang Wanli's "The Little Pond" captures the life of a pond in early summer.

Tips

culture

The poem opens with a spring trickling out without a sound and trees casting shade on the water, and ends 小荷才露尖尖角，早有蜻蜓立上头, 'the little lotus has only just shown its sharp tip, and a dragonfly already stands on top'. 杨万里 (1127–1206) was a Southern Song poet known for fresh, playful scenes of nature.

Stroke Order

小 xiǎo

池 chí