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Chinese poems · 杜甫 Du Fu · Tang dynasty

春夜喜雨 Happy Rain on a Spring Night

A good rain that knows its season and falls quietly in the night, and in the morning the whole city is heavy with wet red flowers.

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  1. hǎo好yǔ雨zhī知shí时jié节，

    A good rain knows its season;

  2. dāng当chūn春nǎi乃fā发shēng生。

    it comes when spring arrives.

  3. suí随fēng风qián潜rù入yè夜，

    With the wind it slips into the night,

  4. rùn润wù物xì细wú无shēng声。

    moistening everything, fine and silent.

  5. yě野jìng径yún云jù俱hēi黑，

    Paths in the fields are as black as the clouds;

  6. jiāng江chuán船huǒ火dú独míng明。

    only a boat’s lamp on the river shines.

  7. xiǎo晓kàn看hóng红shī湿chù处，

    At dawn, look where it is red and wet:

  8. huā花zhòng重jǐn锦guān官chéng城。

    flowers hang heavy over Chengdu.

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What does 春夜喜雨 mean?

春夜喜雨 is “Happy Rain on a Spring Night”. A good rain that knows its season and falls quietly in the night, and in the morning the whole city is heavy with wet red flowers.

What is the pinyin of 春夜喜雨?

hǎo yǔ zhī shí jié / dāng chūn nǎi fā shēng / suí fēng qián rù yè / rùn wù xì wú shēng / yě jìng yún jù hēi / jiāng chuán huǒ dú míng / xiǎo kàn hóng shī chù / huā zhòng jǐn guān chéng.

Who wrote 春夜喜雨?

Du Fu (杜甫), a poet of the Tang dynasty.

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