时 時 shí o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period syn 令 lìng to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem syn 调 調 tiáo to harmonize / to reconcile / to blend / to suit well / to adjust / to regulate / to season (food) / to provoke / to incite syn 圣诞节 聖誕節 shèng dàn jié Christmas time / Christmas season / Christmas 春天 chūn tiān spring (season) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 赛季 賽季 sài jì season (sports) 季节 季節 jì jié time / season / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 忙碌 máng lù busy / bustling syn 季度 jì dù quarter of a year / season (sports) 候 hòu to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days syn 团团转 團團轉 tuán tuán zhuàn to go round and round / running around in circles / fig. frantically busy syn 干燥 乾燥 gān zào (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry / arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull / dry / boring / (of timber etc) to dry out / to season / to cure syn 忙于 忙於 máng yú busy with syn 忙活 máng huo to be really busy / pressing business 繁忙 fán máng busy / bustling syn 无暇 無暇 wú xiá too busy / to have no time for / fully occupied syn 不可开交 不可開交 bù kě kāi jiāo to be awfully (busy etc) syn 雨季 yǔ jì rainy season 时节 時節 shí jié season / time syn 调和 調和 tiáo hé harmonious / to mediate / to reconcile / mediation / to compromise / to mix / to blend / blended / to season / seasoning / to placate syn 占线 佔線 zhàn xiàn busy (telephone line) syn 风干 風乾 fēng gān to air-dry / to season (timber etc) / air-dried / air-drying 发情期 發情期 fā qíng qī the breeding season (zool.) / oestrus (period of sexual receptivity of female mammals) 疲于奔命 疲於奔命 pí yú bēn mìng (idiom) terribly busy / up to one's ears in work syn 花季 huā jì youthful time / prime of youth / flowering season syn 奔忙 bēn máng to be busy rushing about / to bustle about syn 日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn 淡季 dàn jì off season / slow business season / see also 旺季[wang4 ji4] 开锅 開鍋 kāi guō to season a wok / to take the lid off a pot / (of the contents of a pot) to start to boil / (fig.) to become rowdy syn 梅雨 méi yǔ East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer) syn 时令 時令 shí lìng season syn 凤仙花 鳳仙花 fèng xiān huā balsam / Balsaminaceae (a flower family including Impatiens balsamina) / touch-me-not / busy Lizzie syn 花期 huā qī the flowering season 踏青 tà qīng lit. tread the green / go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green) / spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April syn 首季 shǒu jì first season / first quarter 早稻 zǎo dào early season rice / rice at transplanting or still unripe 门庭若市 門庭若市 mén tíng ruò shì front yard as busy as a marketplace (idiom) / a place with many visitors syn 农忙 農忙 nóng máng busy farming season syn 太忙 tài máng too busy 百忙 bǎi máng busy schedule 汛期 xùn qī flood season 好整以暇 hào zhěng yǐ xiá to be calm and unruffled in the midst of chaos or at a busy time (idiom) syn 不暇 bù xiá to have no time (for sth) / to be too busy (to do sth) syn 按季 àn jì according to season / quarterly 汛情 xùn qíng water levels during the flood season 秋景 qiū jǐng autumn scenery / harvest season syn 当令 當令 dāng lìng to be in season / seasonal syn 忙 máng busy / hurriedly / to hurry / to rush syn 季 jì season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers / classifier for seasonal crop yields syn 挤 擠 jǐ to crowd in / to cram in / to force others aside / to press / to squeeze / to find (time in one's busy schedule) syn 喷 噴 pèn (of a smell) strong / peak season (of a crop) / (classifier for the ordinal number of a crop, in the context of multiple harvests) syn 春 chūn spring (season) / gay / joyful / youthful / love / lust / life syn 俏 qiào good-looking / charming / (of goods) in great demand / (coll.) to season (food) syn 大忙人 dà máng rén busy bee / very busy person 孟 mèng first month of a season / eldest amongst brothers 仲 zhòng second month of a season / middle / intermediate / second amongst brothers syn 冬闲 冬閑 dōng xián slack winter season (farming) 偬 傯 zǒng busy / hurried / despondent 冷天 lěng tiān cold weather / cold season 忙乎 máng hū to be busy (colloquial) syn 迎来送往 迎來送往 yíng lái sòng wǎng lit. to meet those arriving, to send of those departing (idiom) / busy entertaining guests / all time taken over with social niceties 无冬无夏 無冬無夏 wú dōng wú xià regardless of the season / all the year round 不违农时 不違農時 bù wéi nóng shí not miss the farming season / do farm work in the right season syn 生长季节 生長季節 shēng zhǎng jì jié growing season / vegetative season 反季 fǎn jì off-season / out-of-season 反季节 反季節 fǎn jì jié off-season / out-of-season 当季 當季 dāng jì this season / the current season 旺月 wàng yuè busy (business) month 忙进忙出 忙進忙出 máng jìn máng chū very busy 事务繁忙 事務繁忙 shì wù fán máng busy / bustling 恓惶 xī huáng busy and restless / unhappy 百忙之中 bǎi máng zhī zhōng extremely busy syn 脱不了身 脫不了身 tuō bù liǎo shēn busy and unable to get away 鞅掌 yāng zhǎng (literary) busy (with work etc) 忙忙叨叨 máng mang dāo dāo in a busy and hasty manner 忙音 máng yīn busy signal (telephony) 自顾不暇 自顧不暇 zì gù bù xiá (idiom) to have one's hands full managing one's own affairs / too busy to spare time for anything extra syn 动情期 動情期 dòng qíng qī estrus / the rutting season / on heat 令节 令節 lìng jié festive season / happy time / noble principle 季候 jì hòu season 季相 jì xiàng characteristic nature of some season 恭贺佳节 恭賀佳節 gōng hè jiā jié season's greetings (idiom) 收冬 shōu dōng harvest season / autumn 旹 shí time (old form of 时|時) / season / era / age / period 月令 yuè lìng typical weather in a given season syn 果期 guǒ qī the fruiting season 正当时 正當時 zhèng dāng shí the right time for sth / the right season (for planting cabbage) 岁时 歲時 suì shí season / time of the year syn 岁阑 歲闌 suì lán late season of a year 洪水期 hóng shuǐ qī flood season 洪汛期 hóng xùn qī flood season 渔汛 漁汛 yú xùn fishing season 渔汛期 漁汛期 yú xùn qī fishing season 球季 qiú jì season (of baseball, football etc) 瓜代 guā dài a changeover of personnel / a new shift / (lit.) replacement for soldier on leave for the melon-picking season 盛季 shèng jì peak season / a flourishing period 节候 節候 jié hòu season / time of year 节期 節期 jié qī festival season 配种季节 配種季節 pèi zhǒng jì jié breeding season 