鶯歌燕舞

Chinese

		oriole	song	swallow (bird); surname; place name	to dance; to wield; to brandish
trad. (鶯歌燕舞)		鶯	歌	燕	舞
simp. (莺歌燕舞)		莺	歌	燕	舞
Literally: “orioles sing and swallows dance”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīnggēyànwǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥㄍㄜㄧㄢˋ ㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ang¹ go¹ jin³ mou⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīnggēyànwǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥㄍㄜㄧㄢˋ ㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yinggeyànwǔ
  - Wade–Giles: ying¹-ko¹-yen⁴-wu³
  - Yale: yīng-gē-yàn-wǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inggeyannwuu
  - Palladius: ингэяньу (ingɛjanʹu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵ jɛn⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ang¹ go¹ jin³ mou⁵
  - Yale: āng gō yin móuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ang¹ go¹ jin³ mou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: eng¹ go¹ yin³ mou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐŋ⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵ jiːn³³ mou̯¹³/

Idiom

鶯歌燕舞

(figuratively) lively scenery of spring
(figuratively) scene of prosperity
- 千里來尋故地，
  舊貌變新顏。
  到處鶯歌燕舞，
  更有潺潺流水，
  高路入雲端。 [Ci, trad.]
  千里来寻故地，
  旧貌变新颜。
  到处莺歌燕舞，
  更有潺潺流水，
  高路入云端。 [Ci, simp.]
  From: May 1965, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong),《水調歌頭·重上井岡山》(Tune: Prelude to the Melody of Water—Jinggang Mountains Reascended)
  Qiānlǐ lái xún gùdì,
  Jiùmào biàn xīnyán.
  Dàochù yīnggēyànwǔ,
  Gèng yǒu chánchán liúshuǐ,
  Gāo lù rù yúnduān. [Pinyin]
  A long trip brings me to my old familiar nook,
  Where everything has taken on a new look.
  Here orioles sing, there swallows swirl,
  O’er there streams purl,
  And cloud-capped roads lead to the sky.
  (Translated by Xu Yuanchong)