一年之计在于春

Traditional form:

一年之計在於春

Pinyin (reading):

yīniánzhījìzàiyúchūn

Definitions:

• the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)
• early planning is the key to success

Characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 年 - year; anniversary; a person's age
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 计 - to calculate, to count; to plan, to reckon; plot, scheme
• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 于 - at, in, on; to, from; alas!
• 春 - springtime; joyful, lustful, wanton

Traditional characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 年 - year; anniversary; a person's age
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 計 - to calculate, to count; to plan, to reckon; plot, scheme
• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 於 - at, in, on; to, from; alas!
• 春 - springtime; joyful, lustful, wanton