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title: "春夜喜雨 (Happy Rain on a Spring Night) by Du Fu: Pinyin, English and Audio"
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[Chinese poems](https://mandarinthewild.com/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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hǎo好yǔ雨zhī知shí时jié节，

A good rain knows its season;

dāng当chūn春nǎi乃fā发shēng生。

it comes when spring arrives.

suí随fēng风qián潜rù入yè夜，

With the wind it slips into the night,

rùn润wù物xì细wú无shēng声。

moistening everything, fine and silent.

yě野jìng径yún云jù俱hēi黑，

Paths in the fields are as black as the clouds;

jiāng江chuán船huǒ火dú独míng明。

only a boat’s lamp on the river shines.

xiǎo晓kàn看hóng红shī湿chù处，

At dawn, look where it is red and wet:

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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Poems over a thousand years old; the English and pinyin are ours, the pinyin as Chinese schools teach it.