枯木逢春

Chinese

		withered tree	every time; meet by chance	spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
trad. (枯木逢春)		枯木	逢	春
simp. #(枯木逢春)		枯木	逢	春

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kūmùféngchūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨ ㄇㄨˋ ㄈㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ muk⁶ fung⁴ ceon¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kūmùféngchūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨ ㄇㄨˋ ㄈㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kumùfóngchun
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu¹-mu⁴-fêng²-chʻun¹
    • Yale: kū-mù-féng-chwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kumuhferngchuen
    • Palladius: кумуфэнчунь (kumufɛnčunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵ mu⁵¹ fɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu¹ muk⁶ fung⁴ ceon¹
    • Yale: fū muhk fùhng chēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ muk⁹ fung⁴ tsoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹ mug⁶ fung⁴ cên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ mʊk̚² fʊŋ²¹ t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/

Idiom

枯木逢春

1. to get a new lease of life in a desperate situation