淡季 dàn jì off season / slow business season / see also 旺季[wang4 ji4] 季 jì season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers / classifier for seasonal crop yields syn 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 慰问 慰問 wèi wèn to express sympathy, greetings, consolation etc syn 贺岁 賀歲 hè suì to extend New Year's greetings / to pay a New Year's visit syn 致意 zhì yì to send one's greetings / to send one's best regards / to devote attention to syn 寒暄 hán xuān to exchange conventional greetings / to exchange pleasantries 致以 zhì yǐ to express / to present / to extend / to tender (greetings, thanks etc) syn 套话 套話 tào huà polite phrase / conventional greetings / cliché / to try to worm facts out of sb 拜 bài to bow to / to pay one's respects / (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion) / to make a courtesy call / (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony / to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc) / (used before some verbs to indicate politeness) syn 受礼 受禮 shòu lǐ to accept a gift / to acknowledge greetings 通问 通問 tōng wèn to mutually send greetings / to communicate / to exchange news 安安 ān ān (Tw) (Internet slang) Greetings! (used when it's unknown what time the reader will see one's post, or just to be cute) 团拜 團拜 tuán bài to gather as a group to exchange greetings (typically at New Year) syn 春天 chūn tiān spring (season) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 季节 季節 jì jié time / season / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 圣诞节 聖誕節 shèng dàn jié Christmas time / Christmas season / Christmas 赛季 賽季 sài jì season (sports) 季度 jì dù quarter of a year / season (sports) 日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn 时节 時節 shí jié season / time syn 旺季 wàng jì busy season / peak period / see also 淡季[dan4 ji4] 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 雨季 yǔ jì rainy season 花季 huā jì youthful time / prime of youth / flowering season syn 花期 huā qī the flowering season 时 時 shí o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period syn 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 风干 風乾 fēng gān to air-dry / to season (timber etc) / air-dried / air-drying 首季 shǒu jì first season / first quarter 汛期 xùn qī flood season 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 梅雨 méi yǔ East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer) syn 时令 時令 shí lìng season syn 早稻 zǎo dào early season rice / rice at transplanting or still unripe 农忙 農忙 nóng máng busy farming season syn 按季 àn jì according to season / quarterly 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 汛情 xùn qíng water levels during the flood season 发情期 發情期 fā qíng qī the breeding season (zool.) / oestrus (period of sexual receptivity of female mammals) 秋景 qiū jǐng autumn scenery / harvest season syn 候 hòu to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days syn 当令 當令 dāng lìng to be in season / seasonal 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 冬闲 冬閑 dōng xián slack winter season (farming) 春 chūn spring (season) / gay / joyful / youthful / love / lust / life syn 孟 mèng first month of a season / eldest amongst brothers 仲 zhòng second month of a season / middle / intermediate / second amongst brothers 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 俏 qiào good-looking / charming / (of goods) in great demand / (coll.) to season (food) syn 无冬无夏 無冬無夏 wú dōng wú xià regardless of the season / all the year round 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 冷天 lěng tiān cold weather / cold season 季候 jì hòu season 季相 jì xiàng characteristic nature of some season 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 食季 shí jì eclipse season 收获季节 收穫季節 shōu huò jì jié cropping season 青黄不接之际 青黃不接之際 qīng huáng bù jiē zhī jì lean season 麦秋 麥秋 mài qiū harvest season 飞行检查 飛行檢查 fēi xíng jiǎn chá unannounced inspection / (sports) out-of-season drug testing / abbr. to 飛檢|飞检[fei1 jian3] 流感季 liú gǎn jì flu season 天南地北 tiān nán - dì běi (idiom) far apart / (idiom) from different places / from all over / (idiom) (to talk) about this and that syn 从天而降 從天而降 cóng tiān ér jiàng (idiom) to fall from the sky / (idiom) (fig.) to appear unexpectedly / to drop into one's lap syn 数一数二 數一數二 shǔ yī shǔ èr (idiom) reckoned to be best or second best / one of the very best / (idiom) to list one by one syn 雨过天晴 雨過天晴 yǔ guò tiān qíng sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天青|雨过天青[yu3 guo4 tian1 qing1] syn 一技之长 一技之長 yī jì zhī cháng proficiency in a particular field (idiom) / skill in a specialized area (idiom) syn 博士买驴 博士買驢 bó shì mǎi lǘ lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom) / fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point / idiom mocking scholastic pomposity 死而不僵 sǐ ér bù jiāng dead but showing no signs of rigor mortis / to die hard (idiom) / to die yet not be vanquished (idiom) 磨穿铁砚 磨穿鐵硯 mó chuān tiě yàn to grind one's way through an ink stone / to persevere in a difficult task (idiom) / to study diligently (idiom) 雨过天青 雨過天青 yǔ guò tiān qīng sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天晴|雨过天晴[yu3 guo4 tian1 qing2] 雪泥鸿爪 雪泥鴻爪 xuě ní hóng zhǎo a goose's footprint in the snow / vestiges of the past (idiom) / the fleeting nature of human life (idiom) 推来推去 推來推去 tuī lái tuī qù (idiom) to rudely push and pull others / (idiom) to evade responsibility and push it to others 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针 只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針 zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle. / cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom) / fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently 事不过三 事不過三 shì bù guò sān (idiom) a thing should not be attempted more than three times / don't repeat the same mistake again and again / (idiom) bad things don't happen more than three times 七弯八拐 七彎八拐 qī wān - bā guǎi (idiom) twisting and turning / (idiom) tricky and complicated 不知所以 bù zhī - suǒ yǐ (idiom) to not know the reason / (idiom) to not know what to do 