春江花月夜

Traditional form:

春江花月夜

Pinyin (reading):

Chūnjiānghuāyuèyè

Definitions:

• River on a spring night, long yuefu poem by 張若虛／张若虚 ( Zhāng Ruòxū)

Characters:

• 春 - springtime; joyful, lustful, wanton
• 江 - large river; the Yangtze; surname
• 花 - flower, blossom; to spend (time or money)
• 月 - moon; month
• 夜 - night, dark; under cover of night

Traditional characters:

• 春 - springtime; joyful, lustful, wanton
• 江 - large river; the Yangtze; surname
• 花 - flower, blossom; to spend (time or money)
• 月 - moon; month
• 夜 - night, dark; under cover of night