烟花三月下扬州

煙花三月下揚州

yānhuā sānyuè xià Yángzhōu

quotation

Meanings

1 in the misty-blossom third month, heading down to Yangzhou
2 traveling to Yangzhou in the blossoming spring

Characters

flower / blossom

to go down / travel downstream

Yang (place name)

Examples

HSK 7-9

故人西辞黄鹤楼，烟花三月下扬州。

Gùrénxīcíhuánghèlóu, yānhuāsānyuèxiàyángzhōu.

My old friend bids farewell at Yellow Crane Tower in the west, and in the misty-blossom third month sails down to Yangzhou.

HSK 7-9

趁着烟花三月下扬州的好时节，我们去江南走走吧。

Chènzhe yānhuāsānyuèxiàyángzhōu de hǎo shíjié, wǒmen qù Jiāngnán zǒuzou ba.

Let's take advantage of this 'sailing to Yangzhou in blossom-time' season and travel through Jiangnan.

Tips

history

From Li Bai's 《黄鹤楼送孟浩然之广陵》 (Tang dynasty), seeing off Meng Haoran: 故人西辞黄鹤楼，烟花三月下扬州。孤帆远影碧空尽，唯见长江天际流。 The 'third month' is lunar March - late spring, when Yangzhou is at its most beautiful and boat travel down the Yangtze is easiest.

culture

烟花 here does NOT mean fireworks - it means mist-wreathed blossoms of late spring. The line is now a tourism slogan for Yangzhou every spring.

Stroke Order

烟 yān

花 huā

三 sān

月 yuè

下 xià

扬 yáng

州 zhōu