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春晓 Spring Dawn

Waking late on a spring morning to birdsong, and remembering the storm in the night: how many flowers fell?

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chūn春mián眠bù不jué觉xiǎo晓，
Asleep in spring, I don’t notice the dawn;
chù处chù处wén闻tí啼niǎo鸟。
everywhere I hear birds singing.
yè夜lái来fēng风yǔ雨shēng声，
In the night came the sound of wind and rain;
huā花luò落zhī知duō多shǎo少。
who knows how many flowers fell?

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What does 春晓 mean?

春晓 is “Spring Dawn”. Waking late on a spring morning to birdsong, and remembering the storm in the night: how many flowers fell?

What is the pinyin of 春晓?

chūn mián bù jué xiǎo / chù chù wén tí niǎo / yè lái fēng yǔ shēng / huā luò zhī duō shǎo.

Who wrote 春晓?

Meng Haoran (孟浩然), a poet of the Tang dynasty.

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