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Spring and Autumn

Spring and Autumn adjective: of, from, or related to a period of Chinese history during the first half of the Eastern Zhou dynasty, usually reckoned from its founding at Luoyang in 771 BC until the Partition of Jin in 403 BC, considered to have begun the Warring States period.

Adjective

Spring and Autumn (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or related to a period of Chinese history during the first half of the Eastern Zhou dynasty, usually reckoned from its founding at Luoyang in 771 BC until the Partition of Jin in 403 BC, considered to have begun the Warring States period.
    Synonyms:
    Chunqiu, Ch'un-ch'iu

Synonyms of Spring and Autumn

Origin of Spring and Autumn

Calque from Chinese 春秋 (Chūnqiū), the attributive sense of 春秋時代 /春秋时代 (Chūn–Qiū Shídài, “Spring and Autumn period”), derived from the name of its seminal history, the Confucian classic Spring and Autumn Annals. The title of the work reflected a common Chinese metonym, using "spring and autumn" to refer to the year as a whole.

Questions about Spring and Autumn

What does Spring and Autumn mean?
Spring and Autumn means of, from, or related to a period of Chinese history during the first half of the Eastern Zhou dynasty, usually reckoned from its founding at Luoyang in 771 BC until the Partition of Jin in 403 BC, considered to have begun the Warring States period.
What part of speech is Spring and Autumn?
Spring and Autumn is an adjective.

Words near Spring and Autumn in the dictionary

  1. Sprincon
  2. spring
  3. spring a butt
  4. spring a leak
  5. spring ahead, fall behind
  6. Spring and Autumn
  7. spring avens
  8. spring back
  9. spring balance
  10. spring balances
  11. spring bar

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