惊蛰

驚蟄
jīngzhé
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Awakening of Insects, the 3rd of the 24 solar terms, starting around 5 March

Examples

HSK 4
Jīngzhé yǐhòu, tiānqì mànmàn nuǎnhuo qǐlai le.
After the Awakening of Insects the weather slowly warms up.
HSK 7-9
Gǔrén rènwéi, jīngzhé de chūnléi huì bǎ dōngmián de chóngzi jīngxǐng.
People in the past believed the spring thunder at the Awakening of Insects woke the hibernating insects.

Tips

history
It was first called 启蛰 "opening of hibernation". Under the Han, 启 was replaced with 惊 "to startle" to avoid writing the personal name of Emperor Jing, 刘启.

Stroke Order

惊 jīng
蛰 zhé