夏天 xià tiān summer / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 感冒 gǎn mào to catch cold / (common) cold / CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4] / (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative) / (Tw) to detest / can't stand syn 暑假 shǔ jià summer vacation / CL:個|个[ge4] 冰冷 bīng lěng ice-cold syn 寒冷 hán lěng cold (climate) / frigid / very cold syn 夏令营 夏令營 xià lìng yíng summer camp 冷漠 lěng mò cold and detached towards sb / lack of regard / indifference / neglect syn 夏季 xià jì summer syn 冷战 冷戰 lěng zhàn cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms 冷淡 lěng dàn cold / indifferent syn 凉快 涼快 liáng kuai nice and cold / pleasantly cool syn 冷水 lěng shuǐ cold water / unboiled water / fig. not yet ready (of plans) syn 冻僵 凍殭 dòng jiāng frozen stiff / numb with cold syn 暑期 shǔ qī summer vacation time 冷藏 lěng cáng refrigeration / cold storage / to keep (food, medicine) in cold environment 四季 sì jì four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1] syn 动不动 動不動 dòng bu dòng (typically followed by 就[jiu4]) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc) / at the drop of a hat syn 着凉 著涼 zháo liáng to catch cold / Taiwan pr. [zhao1 liang2] syn 冰凉 冰涼 bīng liáng ice-cold syn 避暑 bì shǔ to be away for the summer holidays / to spend a holiday at a summer resort / to prevent sunstroke 冷落 lěng luò desolate / unfrequented / to treat sb coldly / to snub / to cold shoulder syn 冷清 lěng qīng cold and cheerless / desolate / deserted syn 长廊 長廊 cháng láng promenade / long hallway / Long Corridor in the Summer Palace, Beijing 北京頤和園|北京颐和园[Bei3 jing1 Yi2 he2 yuan2] 浴衣 yù yī bathrobe / yukata, lightweight informal kimono worn in summer 冷饮 冷飲 lěng yǐn cold drink 波恩 bō ēn Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990 刺骨 cì gǔ piercing / cutting / bone-chilling / penetrating (cold) syn 冷汗 lěng hàn cold sweat 寒冬 hán dōng cold winter syn 冷气 冷氣 lěng qì cold air / air conditioning syn 冷面 冷麵 lěng miàn naengmyeon (Korean dish based on cold noodles in soup) 泼冷水 潑冷水 pō lěng shuǐ to pour cold water on / (fig.) to dampen sb's enthusiasm syn 寒风 寒風 hán fēng cold wind syn 仲夏 zhòng xià midsummer / second month of summer syn 阴冷 陰冷 yīn lěng gloomy and cold syn 严寒 嚴寒 yán hán bitter cold / severe winter syn 杀人不眨眼 殺人不眨眼 shā rén bù zhǎ yǎn to murder without blinking an eye (idiom) / ruthless / cold-blooded syn 发冷 發冷 fā lěng to feel a chill (as an emotional response) / to feel cold (as a clinical symptom) 凉拌 涼拌 liáng bàn to dress cold food with sauce / (slang) there's not much you can do about it (wordplay using 拌[ban4] instead of its homophone 辦|办[ban4]) 制冷 zhì lěng to produce cold air (to cool a room etc) syn 冷血动物 冷血動物 lěng xuè dòng wù cold-blooded animal / fig. cold-hearted person syn 伤风 傷風 shāng fēng to catch cold syn 盛夏 shèng xià midsummer / the height of summer syn 出尔反尔 出爾反爾 chū ěr fǎn ěr old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius) / modern: to go back on one's word / to blow hot and cold / to contradict oneself / inconsistent syn 庐山 廬山 lú shān Lushan district of Jiujiang city 九江市, Jiangxi / Mt Lushan in Jiujiang, famous as summer holiday spot 饥寒交迫 飢寒交迫 jī hán jiāo pò beset by hunger and cold (idiom) / starving and freezing / in desperate poverty syn 冷盘 冷盤 lěng pán cold plate / cold meats syn 凛冽 凜冽 lǐn liè biting cold syn 不寒而栗 不寒而慄 bù hán ér lì lit. not cold, yet shivering (idiom) / fig. to tremble with fear / to be terrified syn 壮年 壯年 zhuàng nián lit. robust years / prime of life / summer / able-bodied (fit for military service) / mature (talent, garden etc) syn 天寒地冻 天寒地凍 tiān hán dì dòng cold weather, frozen ground (idiom) / bitterly cold syn 寒气 寒氣 hán qì cold air / a chill one feels in the body (when exposed to cold air) syn 寒流 hán liú cold air current / cold ocean current / cold stream syn 朝三暮四 zhāo sān mù sì lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom) / to change sth that is already settled upon / indecisive / to blow hot and cold syn 凉风 涼風 liáng fēng cold wind / cool breeze syn 漠然 mò rán indifferent / apathetic / cold syn 初夏 chū xià early summer syn 瑟缩 瑟縮 sè suō to curl up shivering (from cold) / timid and trembling (in fear) / to shrink / to cower 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 梅雨 méi yǔ East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer) syn 夏至 xià zhì Xiazhi or Summer Solstice, 10th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st June-6th July syn 受凉 受涼 shòu liáng to catch cold syn 消夏 xiāo xià to spend the summer / to take a summer vacation syn 冷敷 lěng fū to apply a cold compress 冷菜 lěng cài cold dish / cold food 冷锋 冷鋒 lěng fēng cold front (meteorology) 小春 xiǎo chūn 10th month of the lunar calendar / Indian summer / crops sown in late autumn syn 冷遇 lěng yù a cold reception / to cold-shoulder sb syn 消暑 xiāo shǔ to spend a summer holiday / to beat the summer heat 凉面 涼麵 liáng miàn cold noodles 打哆嗦 dǎ duō suo to tremble / to shiver (of cold) / to shudder syn 风寒 風寒 fēng hán wind chill / cold weather / common cold (medicine) 炎夏 yán xià hot summer / scorching summer syn 苦寒 kǔ hán bitter cold syn 冷寂 lěng jì cold and desolate / lonely syn 夏令 xià lìng summer / summer weather syn 寒蝉 寒蟬 hán chán a cicada in cold weather (used as a metaphor for sb who keeps their thoughts to themself) / Meimuna opalifera, a kind of cicada found in East Asia syn 秋老虎 qiū lǎo hǔ hot spell during autumn / Indian summer 上都 shàng dū Shangdu, also known as Xanadu, summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) 冷血 lěng xuè cold-blood / cold-blooded (animal) 毛骨悚然 máo gǔ sǒng rán to have one's hair stand on end (idiom) / to feel one's blood run cold syn 冷轧 冷軋 lěng zhá (metallurgy) cold-rolled / cold-rolling 天冷 tiān lěng it's cold (weather) 颐和园 頤和園 yí hé yuán Summer Palace in Beijing 耐寒 nài hán coldproof / resistant to cold 御寒 禦寒 yù hán to defend against the cold / to keep warm 凄凄 qī qī cold and dismal 高寒 gāo hán high and cold (mountain area) syn 小寒 xiǎo hán Lesser Cold, 23rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-19th January 暑促 shǔ cù summer promotion (sale) 凉席 涼席 liáng xí summer sleeping mat (e.g. of woven split bamboo) / CL:張|张[zhang1],領|领[ling3] syn 生冷 shēng lěng (of food) raw or cold syn 立夏 lì xià Lixia or Start of Summer, 7th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 5th-20th May 祛风 祛風 qū fēng to relieve (cold, rheumatic pain etc) / lit. to dispel pathogenic wind (TCM) 闷骚 悶騷 mēn sāo (coll.) outwardly cold or retiring but deep and passionate inside 大寒 dà hán Great Cold, 24th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 20th January-3rd February 寒潮 hán cháo cold wave / CL:股[gu3] syn 寒露 hán lù Hanlu or Cold Dew, 17th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 8th-22nd October syn 寒食 hán shí cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明節|清明节) / the Qingming festival 