呂氏春秋

lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1], compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] Chancellor Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦[Lü3 Bu4 wei2]

pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system

clan name / maiden name

see 月氏[Yue4 zhi1] and 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1]

old variant of 春[chun1]

surname Chun

spring (season) / gay / joyful / youthful / love / lust / life

Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) / Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)

spring and autumn / four seasons / year / a person's age / annals (used in book titles)

autumn / fall / harvest time

old variant of 秋[qiu1]

see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]