一年之计在于春

the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom) / early planning is the key to success

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

surname Nian

year / CL:個|个[ge4]

grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年[nian2]

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

surname Ji

to calculate / to compute / to count / to regard as important / to plan / ruse / meter / gauge

to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

to be in / to lie in / to consist in / to depend on / to rest with

to go / to take / sentence-final interrogative particle / variant of 於|于[yu2]

(of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by

old variant of 春[chun1]

surname Chun

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