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春风 (chūn fēng) — spring breeze (literal); kindness; beneficial influence; pleasant warmth (figurative); (literary) sexual intercourse (euphemism)

Definition

Literally 'spring breeze,' but most often used figuratively for warmth, kindness, or a pleasant atmosphere (as in 满面春风 'beaming with joy'). Compare with 寒风 (cold wind), which carries opposite emotional connotations.

noun
spring breeze (literal)kindnessbeneficial influencepleasant warmth (figurative)(literary) sexual intercourse (euphemism)
Measure word · 阵

Examples

  • 春风，。
    Jīn nián de chūn fēng gé wài wēn róu, chuī zài liǎn shàng hěn shū fu.
    This year's spring breeze is exceptionally gentle; it feels very comfortable on the face.
  • 春风，。
    Lǎo shī de jiào dǎo rú chūn fēng huà yǔ, ràng wǒ men shòu yì fěi qiǎn.
    The teacher's instruction was like life-giving spring breeze and rain, greatly benefiting us.
  • ，。
    Tā mǎn miàn chūn fēng dì zǒu jìn huì yì shì, kàn lái jīn tiān xīn qíng bú cuò.
    He walked into the meeting room beaming with joy; seems he's in a good mood today.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

春chūnspring
风fēngwind

春 means spring and 风 means wind, so it denotes the breeze of spring.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艸艸cǎograss
日日rìsun
Sound part声符shēngfú
屯
屯tún春chūn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

春 combines 艸 (grass) and 日 (sun) with 屯, which supplies the sound and is described as a swollen sprout.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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