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一年之計在於春
jat1 nin4 zi1 gai3 zoi6 jyu1 ceon1
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planning for the year will be done in Spring: One should give an early start and plan for the year at the beginning of the year. The second half of this idiom is 一日之計在於晨: One should plan for the day in the morning.
 Level: 2 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word was added by WANNABEAFREAK on 31st Aug 2007 07:39 and last edited on 21st Nov 2009 09:00 |
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Characters in this word:一 jat1 - number one年 nin4 - year 之 zi1 - 's; it; go to 計 gai3 - plan; scheme 在 zoi6 - at; in; on 於 jyu1 wu1 - in; at; on; compared with; than 春 ceon1 - spring |
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