春生，夏长，秋收，冬藏
Traditional form:
春生，夏長，秋收，冬藏
Pinyin (reading):
chūnshēng,xiàzhǎng,qiūshōu,dōngcáng
Definitions:
- sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)
Characters:
- 春 - springtime; joyful, lustful, wanton
- 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth
- 夏 - summer; the Xia or Hsia dynasty
- 长 - long, lasting; to excel in
- 秋 - autumn, fall; year
- 收 - to collect, to gather, to harvest
- 冬 - winter, 11th lunar month
- 藏 - to conceal, to hide; to hoard, to store
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