夏天 xià tiān summer / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 暑假 shǔ jià summer vacation / CL:個|个[ge4] 夏令营 夏令營 xià lìng yíng summer camp 夏季 xià jì summer syn 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 充斥 chōng chì to be full of / to flood / to congest syn 暑期 shǔ qī summer vacation time 四季 sì jì four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1] syn 避暑 bì shǔ to be away for the summer holidays / to spend a holiday at a summer resort / to prevent sunstroke 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 仲夏 zhòng xià midsummer / second month of summer syn 盛夏 shèng xià midsummer / the height of summer 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 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 大水 dà shuǐ flood 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 防洪 fáng hóng flood control / flood prevention syn 初夏 chū xià early summer 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 泛滥成灾 泛濫成災 fàn làn chéng zāi lit. to flood (idiom) / fig. rampant / in plague proportions syn 消夏 xiāo xià to spend the summer / to take a summer vacation 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 小春 xiǎo chūn 10th month of the lunar calendar / Indian summer / crops sown in late autumn syn 消暑 xiāo shǔ to spend a summer holiday / to beat the summer heat 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 洪峰 hóng fēng flood peak syn 炎夏 yán xià hot summer / scorching summer syn 夏令 xià lìng summer / summer weather 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) 防汛 fáng xùn flood control / anti-flood (precautions) syn 抗洪 kàng hóng to fight a flood 颐和园 頤和園 yí hé yuán Summer Palace in Beijing 汛期 xùn qī flood season 刷屏 shuā píng to flood (on an Internet forum etc) 暑促 shǔ cù summer promotion (sale) 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 凉席 涼席 liáng xí summer sleeping mat (e.g. of woven split bamboo) / CL:張|张[zhang1],領|领[ling3] 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 汛情 xùn qíng water levels during the flood season 暑热 暑熱 shǔ rè hot (summer) weather syn 暑气 暑氣 shǔ qì (summer) heat syn 水害 shuǐ hài flood damage syn 分洪 fēn hóng to separate flood / flood defense 夏 xià summer syn 伏 fú to lean over / to fall (go down) / to hide (in ambush) / to conceal oneself / to lie low / hottest days of summer / to submit / to concede defeat / to overcome / to subdue / volt 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 洪 hóng flood / big / great syn 泻 瀉 xiè to flow out swiftly / to flood / a torrent / diarrhea / laxative syn 暑 shǔ heat / hot weather / summer heat syn 汛 xùn high water / flood / to sprinkle water syn 暑天 shǔ tiān hot (summer) day 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 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 雩 yú summer sacrifice for rain 洚 jiàng flood 夏虫不可以语冰 夏蟲不可以語冰 xià chóng bù kě yǐ yǔ bīng a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom) 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 夏奥会 夏奧會 xià ào huì the Summer Olympic Games / the Summer Olympics 夏装 夏裝 xià zhuāng summer clothing / summer clothes syn 度夏 dù xià to spend the summer / to get through the summer 暴洪 bào hóng a sudden, violent flood / flash flood syn 罗布林卡 羅布林卡 luó bù lín kǎ Norbulingka (Tibetan: precious garden), summer residence of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet 万寿山 萬壽山 wàn shòu shān Longevity Hill in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园[Yi2 he2 yuan2], Beijing 避暑山庄 避暑山莊 bì shǔ shān zhuāng mountain resort / Qing imperial summer residence at Chengde, a world heritage site 圆明园 圓明園 yuán míng yuán Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860 佛香阁 佛香閣 fó xiāng gé Tower of Buddhist Incense in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园[Yi2 he2 yuan2], Beijing 冬夏 dōng xià winter and summer 十七孔桥 十七孔橋 shí qī kǒng qiáo Seventeen-Arch Bridge in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园[Yi2 he2 yuan2], Beijing 夏至点 夏至點 xià zhì diǎn the summer solstice 季夏 jì xià final month of summer (i.e. sixth month of lunar calendar) 小红萝卜 小紅蘿蔔 xiǎo hóng luó bo summer radish (the small red kind) 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) 暑期学校 暑期學校 shǔ qī xué xiào summer school 暑温 暑溫 shǔ wēn summer-warm disease (TCM) 湿温 濕溫 shī wēn damp heat / summer fever (TCM) 疑冰 yí bīng ignorant / doubt stemming from ignorance / (a summer insect has no word for ice, Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) 避署 bì shǔ to go on summer vacation 长至 長至 cháng zhì the summer solstice syn 樱桃萝卜 櫻桃蘿蔔 yīng táo luó bo summer radish (the small red kind) 军便帽 軍便帽 field cap / summer cap / cap 一雨成秋 yī yǔ chéng qiū a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom) 冬病夏治 dōng bìng xià zhì to treat winter diseases in the summer (TCM) 单裤 單褲 dān kù unlined trousers / summer trousers 水萝卜 水蘿蔔 shuǐ luó bo summer radish (the small red kind) 