一年之計在於春 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 一年之计在于春 yīniánzhījìzàiyúchūn ㄧ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄓ ㄐㄧˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄩˊ ㄔㄨㄣ the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom) early planning is the key to success Character by character 一(yī)one 年(nián)surname Nian 之(zhī)(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de) 計(jì)surname Ji 在(zài)exist 於(yú)in 春(chūn)surname Chun A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0