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 季度 jì dù quarter of a year / season (sports) 洪水 hóng shuǐ deluge / flood syn 淹没 淹沒 yān mò to submerge / to drown / to flood / to drown out (also fig.) syn 候 hòu to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days syn 充斥 chōng chì to be full of / to flood / to congest 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 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 旺季 wàng jì busy season / peak period / see also 淡季[dan4 ji4] 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) 水灾 水災 shuǐ zāi flood / flood damage syn 洪流 hóng liú a powerful current / a flood (often fig., e.g. a flood of ideas) syn 花季 huā jì youthful time / prime of youth / flowering season syn 日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn 大水 dà shuǐ flood syn 淡季 dàn jì off season / slow business season / see also 旺季[wang4 ji4] 防洪 fáng hóng flood control / flood prevention syn 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 泛滥成灾 泛濫成災 fàn làn chéng zāi lit. to flood (idiom) / fig. rampant / in plague proportions syn 洪灾 洪災 hóng zāi flood syn 倒灌 dào guàn to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc) / reverse flow / to back up (sewage) syn 时令 時令 shí lìng season syn 洪涝 洪澇 hóng lào flood / inundation / flooding syn 泄洪 洩洪 xiè hóng to release flood water / flood discharge 百年不遇 bǎi nián bù yù only met with once every hundred years (drought, flood etc) 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 洪峰 hóng fēng flood peak syn 早稻 zǎo dào early season rice / rice at transplanting or still unripe 农忙 農忙 nóng máng busy farming season syn 防汛 fáng xùn flood control / anti-flood (precautions) syn 抗洪 kàng hóng to fight a flood 刷屏 shuā píng to flood (on an Internet forum etc) 长驱直入 長驅直入 cháng qū zhí rù to march straight in unchallenged (military) (idiom) / (fig.) to push deep into the heart of sth / to flood in 流泻 流瀉 liú xiè to flow / to flood 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 水害 shuǐ hài flood damage syn 分洪 fēn hóng to separate flood / flood defense 季 jì season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers / classifier for seasonal crop yields 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 淹 yān to flood / to submerge / to drown / to irritate the skin (of liquids) / to delay syn 泛 fàn (bound form) general / non-specific / extensive / pan- / to flood / (literary) to float about / to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc) syn 俏 qiào good-looking / charming / (of goods) in great demand / (coll.) to season (food) syn 洪 hóng flood / big / great syn 孟 mèng first month of a season / eldest amongst brothers 泻 瀉 xiè to flow out swiftly / to flood / a torrent / diarrhea / laxative syn 仲 zhòng second month of a season / middle / intermediate / second amongst brothers syn 汛 xùn high water / flood / to sprinkle water syn 旱涝保收 旱澇保收 hàn lào bǎo shōu to provide a stable crop, regardless of drought or flood / to bring a stable income 冬闲 冬閑 dōng xián slack winter season (farming) 水火无情 水火無情 shuǐ huǒ wú qíng fire and flood have no mercy (idiom) syn 淼 miǎo a flood / infinity syn 冷天 lěng tiān cold weather / cold season 洚 jiàng flood 无冬无夏 無冬無夏 wú dōng wú xià regardless of the season / all the year round 洪福齐天 洪福齊天 hóng fú qí tiān flood of good fortune fills the heavens (idiom) / a lucky sign syn 涕泗滂沱 tì sì pāng tuó a flood of tears and mucus / broken-hearted and weeping bitterly 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 暴洪 bào hóng a sudden, violent flood / flash flood 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 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 