越冬 yuè dōng to pass the winter / to overwinter / to live through the winter 冬令 dōng lìng winter / winter climate syn 春酒 chūn jiǔ banquet to celebrate the Spring Festival / wine made in spring and kept until winter, or made in winter and kept until spring 冬装 冬裝 dōng zhuāng winter clothing / winter clothes syn 冬运会 冬運會 dōng yùn huì winter games 世运 世運 shì yùn World Games (abbr. for 世界運動會|世界运动会[Shi4jie4 Yun4dong4hui4]) / (old) (Tw, HK) Olympic Games 联合国机构间运动会 聯合國機構間運動會 United Nations Inter-Agency Games / Inter-Agency Games 机构间运动会 機構間運動會 United Nations Inter-Agency Games / Inter-Agency Games 四小龙 四小龍 sì xiǎo lóng Four Asian Tigers / East Asian Tigers / Four Little Dragons (East Asian economic powers: Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong) 亚运会 亞運會 yà yùn huì Asian Games 亚运 亞運 yà yùn Asian Games 东亚运动会 東亞運動會 dōng yà yùn dòng huì East Asian Games 乐羊羊 樂羊羊 lè yáng yáng Happy sheep (group of five cartoon sheep), mascot of 2010 Guangzhou Asian games 廣州亞運會|广州亚运会 亚洲运动会 亞洲運動會 yà zhōu yùn dòng huì Asian Games 亚洲国家 亞洲國家 yà zhōu guó jiā Asian country / Asian nation 亚太国家 亞太國家 yà tài guó jiā Asian-Pacific country / Asian-Pacific nation 香蕉人 xiāng jiāo rén banana person (yellow outside, white inside) / mildly pejorative term used by Chinese for assimilated Asian Americans / Westernized person of Asian appearance 亚太农业工程与机械中心 United Nations Asian and Pacific Centre for Agricultural Engineering and Machinery / Asian and Pacific Centre for Agricultural Engineering and Machinery 国际和平年亚太和西亚区域讨论会 國際和平年亞太和西亞區域討論會 Asian and Pacific and Western Asian Regional Seminar for the International Year of Peace 亚洲公路网政府间协定 亞洲公路網政府間協定 Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network / Asian Highway Agreement 亚洲公路协定 亞洲公路協定 yà zhōu gōng lù xié dìng Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network / Asian Highway Agreement 冬天 dōng tiān winter / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 冬季 dōng jì winter syn 四季 sì jì four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1] syn 寒假 hán jià winter vacation 寒冬 hán dōng cold winter syn 严寒 嚴寒 yán hán bitter cold / severe winter syn 冬奥会 冬奧會 dōng ào huì Winter Olympics 冬至 dōng zhì Winter Solstice, 22nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd December-5th January syn 四时 四時 sì shí the four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1] syn 冻死 凍死 dòng sǐ to freeze to death / to die off in winter 过冬 過冬 guò dōng to get through the winter 严冬 嚴冬 yán dōng severe winter syn 布达拉宫 布達拉宮 bù dá lā gōng Potala, winter palace of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet 初冬 chū dōng early winter 肃杀 肅殺 sù shā austere / stern / harsh / somber and desolate (autumn or winter) 隆冬 lóng dōng midwinter / the depth of winter syn 冬菇 dōng gū donko shiitake mushroom, a prized type of shiitake (Lentinula edodes) cultivated in winter, with thick flesh and partially open cap syn 冬笋 冬筍 dōng sǔn winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil) syn 迎春花 yíng chūn huā winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum) 立冬 lì dōng Lidong or Start of Winter, 19th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st November 冬衣 dōng yī winter clothes syn 棉裤 棉褲 mián kù quilted cotton trousers / cotton-padded trousers (worn in winter) 枯水期 kū shuǐ qī period of low water level (winter in north China) 防寒服 fáng hán fú overcoat / down jacket / winter wear 寒衣 hán yī winter clothing syn 避寒 bì hán to escape the cold by going on a winter holiday 数九 數九 shǔ jiǔ nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year syn 瑞香 ruì xiāng winter daphne 冬闲 冬閑 dōng xián slack winter season (farming) 腊 臘 là ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month / the 12th lunar month / (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month syn 狩 shòu to hunt / to go hunting (as winter sport in former times) / hunting dog / imperial tour 核冬天 hé dōng tiān nuclear winter 三九天 sān jiǔ tiān the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed to be the coldest days of the year 不经一番风霜苦，难得腊梅吐清香 不經一番風霜苦，難得臘梅吐清香 bù jīng yī fān fēng shuāng kǔ , nán dé là méi tǔ qīng xiāng Without once passing through the winter's cold and wind, where would the sweet spring fragrance come from? 交九 jiāo jiǔ the coldest period of the year / three nine day periods after the winter solstice 冬夏 dōng xià winter and summer 冬宫 冬宮 dōng gōng Winter Palace (St Petersburg) / Hermitage Museum 冬至点 冬至點 dōng zhì diǎn the winter solstice 埃尔金 埃爾金 āi ěr jīn James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China who ordered the looting and destruction of the Old Winter Palace Yuanmingyuan 圓明園|圆明园 in 1860 / Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841), who stole the Parthenon Marbles in 1801-1810 季冬 jì dōng final month of winter (i.e. twelfth month of lunar calendar) 封河期 fēng hé qī freezing over of river in winter 数九天 數九天 shǔ jiǔ tiān nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year 数九寒天 數九寒天 shǔ jiǔ hán tiān nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year syn 日至 rì zhì solstice / the winter solstice 冬至 and summer solstice 夏至 春夏秋冬 chūn xià qiū dōng the four seasons / spring, summer, autumn and winter 春生，夏长，秋收，冬藏 春生，夏長，秋收，冬藏 chūn shēng , xià zhǎng , qiū shōu , dōng cáng sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom) 昼短夜长 晝短夜長 zhòu duǎn yè cháng the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom) 短至 duǎn zhì the winter solstice 红姑娘 紅姑娘 hóng gū niang Chinese lantern plant / winter cherry / strawberry ground-cherry / Physalis alkekengi 酸浆 酸漿 suān jiāng Chinese lantern plant (Physalis alkekengi) / winter cherry / strawberry ground-cherry / creeping oxalis (Oxalis corniculata) 静若寒蝉 靜若寒蟬 jìng ruò hán chán as quiet as a cicada in winter (idiom) 额尔金 額爾金 é ěr jīn James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China who ordered the looting and destruction of the Old Winter Palace Yuanmingyuan 圓明園|圆明园 in 1860 / Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841), who stole the Parthenon Marbles in 1801-1810 冬季作战能力 dōng jì zuò zhàn néng lì winter warfare capability 联合国紧急冬季救济项目 聯合國緊急冬季救濟項目 United Nations Emergency Winter Relief Project 南极冬季平流层绕极涡旋 南極冬季平流層繞極渦旋 winter Antarctic stratospheric circumpolar vortex 南飞过冬 南飛過冬 nán fēi guò dōng (of birds) to migrate south for the winter 冬病夏治 dōng bìng xià zhì to treat winter diseases in the summer (TCM) 冬耕 dōng gēng winter plowing 冰墩墩 bīng dūn dūn Bing Dwen Dwen (mascot of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, a panda wearing a bodysuit of transparent ice) 冬残奥会 冬殘奧會 dōng cán ào huì Winter Paralympics 冬歇期 dōng xiē qī winter break 回南天 huí nán tiān weather phenomenon characterized by condensation of warm moist air on cool surfaces during the transition from winter to spring in Southern China 乌拉 烏拉 wù la leather shoe stuffed with Carex meyeriana 烏拉草|乌拉草[wu4la5cao3], worn in northeastern China during winter syn 贴秋膘 貼秋膘 tiē qiū biāo to gain weight in the fall (to prepare for winter) 冷冬 lěng dōng cold winter 奥运 奧運 ào yùn Olympic Games / the Olympics (abbr. for 奧林匹克運動會|奥林匹克运动会[Ao4lin2pi3ke4 Yun4dong4hui4]) 奥运会 奧運會 ào yùn huì Olympic Games / the Olympics (abbr. for 奧林匹克運動會|奥林匹克运动会[Ao4lin2pi3ke4 Yun4dong4hui4]) syn 秘籍 mì jí rare book / cheat code (video games) syn 副本 fù běn copy / duplicate / transcript / (in online games) instance syn 梅花 méi huā plum blossom / clubs ♣ (a suit in card games) / wintersweet (dialect) syn 方块 方塊 fāng kuài cube / block / square / rectangle / diamond ♦ (in card games) syn 博弈 bó yì games (such as chess, dice etc) / gambling / contest syn 大牌 dà pái strong card / honor card (card games) / very popular or successful person / self-important 北京奥运 北京奧運 běi jīng ào yùn the Beijing 2008 Olympic games 封神榜 fēng shén bǎng Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc 东道主 東道主 dōng dào zhǔ host / official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference) syn 电子游戏 電子遊戲 diàn zǐ yóu xì computer and video games 红心 紅心 hóng xīn heart ♥ (in card games) / red, heart-shaped symbol / bullseye syn 