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春晓 (Chūn xiăo) A Spring Morning

Mar. 16, 2015

A spring morning春晓(chūnxiăo)

春 晓(Chūn xiăo)A Spring Morning
作 者:孟浩然 Meng Haoran(Zuò zhĕ: Mèng Hàorán

Chūn mián bù jué xiăo,
春       眠    不  觉   晓,
I awake light-hearted this morning of spring,

Chù chù wén tí niăo.
处     处   闻  啼  鸟。
Everywhere round me the singing of birds.

Yè lái fēng yŭ shēng,
夜  来  风   雨    声,
But now I remember the night, the storm,

Huā luò zhī duō shăo.
花     落  知   多   少。
And I wonder how many blossoms were broken.


生词(shēngcí) Vocabulary:

1. 眠(mián): n. sleeping

2. 春晓(chūnxiăo): n. the morning in spring; “晓” means dawn.

3. 不觉(bùjué): v. not aware of…

4. 闻啼鸟(wén tí niăo): v. hearing the voice of the birds; “闻” means hearing.


Author Brief

Meng Haoran (689~740), a famous poet in the climax of Tang Dynasty, was good at writing pastoral poems.

Learn another famous poet in Chinese history.

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