| 左氏春秋 |
Zuǒ shì Chūn qiū |
Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明 / usually called Zuo Zhuan 左传 |
| 左 |
Zuǒ |
surname Zuo |
| 左 |
zuǒ |
left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of 佐 |
| 氏 |
shì |
(bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏 "the Wang clan") / (bound form) maiden name; née (as in 李王氏 "Mrs. Li, née Wang") / (bound form) honorific suffix added to the surname or full name of a notable person, esp. historical or scholarly figures |
| 氏 |
zhī |
used in 月氏 / used in 阏氏 |
| 春 |
chūn |
old variant of 春 |
| 春 |
Chūn |
surname Chun |
| 春 |
chūn |
spring (season) / gay / joyful / youthful / love / lust / life |
| 春秋 |
Chūn qiū |
Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) / Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC) |
| 春秋 |
chūn qiū |
spring and autumn / four seasons / year / a person's age / annals (used in book titles) |
| 秋 |
Qiū |
surname Qiu |
| 秋 |
qiū |
autumn / fall / harvest time |
| 秋 |
qiū |
old variant of 秋 |
| 秋 |
qiū |
used in 秋千 |