春意盎然 (chūn yì àng rán) — (idiom) spring is in the air; the atmosphere is full of spring

Definition

A vivid written idiom meaning spring atmosphere is everywhere — stronger and more literary than the everyday 春暖花开 ('spring blossoms'). Used in prose, painting captions, and descriptive writing.

idiom
spring is in the airthe atmosphere is full of spring

Examples

  • ，春意盎然，。
    Sān yuè yī dào, gōng yuán lǐ chūn yì àng rán, dào chù shì shèng kāi de huā.
    Once March arrives, spring fills the park with blooming flowers everywhere.
  • 春意盎然，。
    Zhè fú huà miáo huì le jiāng nán shuǐ xiāng de chūn yì àng rán, lìng rén xiàng wǎng.
    This painting depicts the vibrant spring of the Jiangnan water towns, making people yearn for it.
  • 春意盎然，。
    Màn bù zài chūn yì àng rán de tián yě lǐ, xīn qíng gé wài shū chàng.
    Strolling through the spring-filled fields, my mood is especially pleasant.

Origin

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.

Open 意 →

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
皿皿mǐndish; vessel
Sound part声符shēngfú
央
央yāng盎àng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

盎 pairs 皿, a dish or vessel, with 央 as the sound part.

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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
火火huǒfire
Sound part声符shēngfú
肰
肰rán然rán
Same sound today

然 is made from 肰, which gives the sound, and 火, which shows fire, matching the old sense 'to burn'.

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