春联

春聯

chūnlián

noun

Measure Word

一副春联 fù

Meanings

1 Spring Festival couplet
2 red paper couplets pasted on doors at Lunar New Year

Characters

couplet / to link

Examples

过年了，家家户户贴春联。

Guònián le, jiā jiā hù hù tiē chūnlián.

Chinese New Year has come, and every household is pasting up spring couplets.

爷爷每年都自己写春联。

Yéye měi nián dōu zìjǐ xiě chūnlián.

Every year Grandpa writes his own spring couplets.

这副春联的字写得真好。

Zhè fù chūnlián de zì xiě de zhēn hǎo.

The calligraphy on this couplet is really nice.

Tips

culture

Pair of red paper strips pasted on the two sides of a doorway at Lunar New Year, with a matching horizontal strip (横批) above. The two lines use parallel grammar and contrasting tones — a miniature lesson in classical Chinese poetics every household performs.

Stroke Order

春 chūn

联 lián