Definition
怀春 is a literary verb-object compound (离合词) that describes a young girl beginning to experience romantic or sexual feelings — the awakening of love. It's poetic and somewhat old-fashioned, appearing more in classical poetry and literary prose than everyday speech. The 怀 part means 'to harbor (feelings)' and 春 metaphorically stands for romantic desire. You can separate it like other 离合词: 怀了春, 怀过春.
v.o.
(literary) to begin to have romantic or sexual feelings (of a young girl)to be love-struck
Examples
- 怀春，。Shàonǚ huái chūn, xīnsi biàn de xìnì qǐlai.A young girl begins to feel love, and her thoughts become more delicate.
- 怀春。Zhè shǒu shī miáoxiě le yí wèi huái chūn shàonǚ de xiūsè.This poem describes the shyness of a young girl who has begun to feel love.
- ，。Tā huái le chūn, zhěngtiān hún bù shǒu shè.She has fallen in love and is distracted all day.
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