春秋 chūn qiū

DEFINITIONS

  1. Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)
  2. Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)
  3. spring and autumn
  4. four seasons
  5. year
  6. a person's age
  7. annals (used in book titles)

CHARACTERS

春 chūn spring; wanton
秋 qiū autumn, fall; year