- 春 nounspringThe season of spring; also refers to the first season of the lunar year including the first three months.
- 不 adverbnotNegative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings
- 老 adjectivetough(of food) tough; overcooked; (of vegetables) overgrown; past their prime