洞庭碧螺春 (dòngtíngbìluóchūn): Dongting Biluochun green tea

Measure Word

一杯洞庭碧螺春 bēi

Meanings

1 Dongting Biluochun green tea

Characters

Examples

洞庭碧螺春是中国十大名茶之一。

Dòngtíng bìluóchūn shì Zhōngguó shí dà míngchá zhī yī.

Dongting Biluochun is one of China's ten most famous teas.

他送我一罐洞庭碧螺春。

Tā sòng wǒ yī guàn dòngtíng bìluóchūn.

He gave me a tin of Dongting Biluochun.

Tips

culture

Grown on Dongting Mountain beside Lake Tai in Jiangsu. Leaves are tightly curled, pale green, and brewed at a lower temperature than most green teas.

Stroke Order

洞 dòng

庭 tíng

碧 bì

螺 luó

春 chūn

Related Words

碧螺春 bìluóchūn

Biluochun tea / Pi Lo Chun green tea

在洞庭一湖 zàidòngtíngyīhú

lies at Dongting, one lake / partial line from Fan Zhongyan's Yueyang Tower preface — the scene narrows to a single great lake

寂寞空庭春欲晚 jìmòkōngtíngchūnyùwǎn

in the lonely empty courtyard, spring is about to end / a deserted courtyard with spring drawing to a close / (lit.) lonesome empty courtyard, spring wishes to grow late

春来江水绿如蓝 chūnláijiāngshuǐlǜrúlán

when spring comes, the river water is green as indigo / the river turns a deep blue-green with the season / lit. spring comes — river water — green as indigo

春蕊 chūnruǐ

spring-bud tea (grade of early-spring green tea) / lit. spring pistil / spring bud

碧绿 bìlǜ HSK 7 #36,903

dark green / jade green / emerald green

碧 bì #7,091

jade green / bluish green / emerald

接天莲叶无穷碧 jiētiānliányèwúqióngbì

lotus leaves meet the sky in endless jade green — a vast, saturated summer lotus-pond scene / literally: touching the sky, lotus leaves — boundless jade green

洞 dòng HSK 5 #1,699

cave; cavern / hole; opening

洞穴 dòngxué #6,385

cave / cavern