1. When I sleep in spring, I don’t realize the dawn, and I can hear the singing of birds everywhere. (Meng Haoran, Tang Dynasty, "Spring Dawn")
Interpretation: In the spring, I was too sleepy to realize that it was already dawn, and what disturbed my deep sleep was the chirping bird.
2. Swallows fly when the mud melts, and mandarin ducks sleep in the warm sand. (Du Fu, Tang Dynasty, "Quatrains")
Interpretation: Swallows are busy building nests with wet mud in their mouths, and pairs of mandarin ducks are sleeping on the warm sand.
3. Red beans grow in the south. How many branches will grow when spring comes? (Wang Wei, "Acacia" of the Tang Dynasty)
Interpretation: Bright red and round red beans grow in the sunny south. In the spring season, how many more are produced?
4. The wildfire never burns out, but the spring breeze blows it again. (Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty, "Farewell to the Ancient Grassland")
Interpretation: The ruthless wildfire can only burn the dry leaves, but the spring breeze blows and the earth becomes green again.
5. The country is broken by mountains and rivers, and the city is full of spring vegetation. (Du Fu, "Spring Hope" of the Tang Dynasty)
Interpretation: Chang'an fell, the country was broken, and only the mountains and rivers remained; spring came, and the sparsely populated Chang'an city was lush with vegetation.
6. I don’t know who cuts the thin leaves. The spring breeze in February is like scissors. (Tang Dynasty·He Zhizhang·"Ode to the Willow")
Interpretation: Whose skillful hands cut these thin young leaves? It turned out to be the warm spring breeze in February, like a pair of dexterous scissors.
7. The garden is full of spring scenery and can’t be closed, and a branch of red apricot comes out of the wall. (Song Dynasty, Ye Shaoweng, "It's Not Worth It to Visit the Garden")
Interpretation: But after all, the spring scenery in the garden cannot be contained. Look, there is a pink apricot flower sticking out of the wall.
8. Good rain knows the season, and spring will happen. (Du Fu, Tang Dynasty, "Joyful Rain on a Spring Night")
Interpretation: Good rain seems to choose the right time and fall in the spring when all things sprout.
9. The sweet-scented osmanthus falls when people are idle, the night is quiet and the spring mountains are empty. (Wang Wei, Tang Dynasty, "Birdsong Stream")
Interpretation: On a spring night, there is no sound, and the fragrant osmanthus flowers fall gently. The green mountains and green forests look even more empty.
10. The human face is gone, but the peach blossoms still smile in the spring breeze. (Cui Hu·"Inscription on Nanzhuang, Capital City")
Interpretation: When I come here again today, the girl doesn't know where she is going. Only the peach blossoms are still there, smiling in the spring breeze.