立春，二月四号，这是今年的第一个节气。
“立”有开始的意思，“立春”就是春天开始了。
这一天，中国人会吃萝卜、姜、饼等东西，称为“咬春”。
大家也会吃一些春天的菜，迎接新春。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 立春 | Lì chūn | Lichun or Beginning of Spring, 1st of the 24 solar terms |
| 二 | èr | two / 2 |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 四 | sì | four / 4 |
| 号 | hào | (bound form) bugle; trumpet / (bound form) signal; bugle call / (bound form) mark; sign / (bound form) name; appellation / (after a numeral) number designation / day of the month / (bound form) size; type; category |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 今年 | jīn nián | this year |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 节气 | jié qì | solar term |
| 立 | lì | to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | beginning |
| 意思 | yì si | idea / opinion / meaning |
| 就是 | jiù shì | exactly; precisely / only; simply; just / even; even if |
| 春天 | chūn tiān | spring (season) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 中国人 | Zhōng guó rén | Chinese person |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 萝卜 | luó bo | radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. daikon |
| 姜 | jiāng | ginger |
| 饼 | bǐng | round flat cake / cookie / cake / pastry |
| 等 | děng | and so on; etc.; et al. / (used to end an enumeration) |
| 东西 | dōng xi | thing / stuff / person |
| 称为 | chēng wéi | to be called; to be known as; to call it "..." |
| 咬 | yǎo | to bite / to nip |
| 春 | chūn | spring (season) / love / lust / life |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 菜 | cài | vegetable; greens |
| 迎接 | yíng jiē | to welcome; to greet |
| 新 | xīn | new; newly |