Pinyin: chūn English Definition: Chinese toon (Toona sinensis); tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima); (literary metaphor) father Chinese Definition: ①(香椿)落叶乔木,嫩枝叶有香味,可食。简称“椿”,如“椿芽”,“椿龄”(祝人长寿之辞),“椿庭”(古称父亲),“椿萱”(父母的代称)。
He saved his carfares and went without lunch until he had enough money to buy an encyclopedia of American biography - and then he did an unheard-of thing.