入伏 rù fú the hottest part of summer sets in 避暑 bì shǔ to be away for the summer holidays / to spend a holiday at a summer resort / to prevent sunstroke 消暑 xiāo shǔ to spend a summer holiday / to beat the summer heat 炎夏 yán xià hot summer / scorching summer syn 消夏 xiāo xià to spend the summer / to take a summer vacation syn 夏令 xià lìng summer / summer weather syn 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 夕阳西下 夕陽西下 xī yáng xī xià the sun sets in the west (idiom) syn 定心丸 dìng xīn wán tranquilizer / sth that sets one's mind at ease 身 shēn body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158 syn 组 組 zǔ to form / to organize / group / team / classifier for sets, series, groups of people, batteries 副 fù secondary / auxiliary / deputy / assistant / vice- / abbr. for 副詞|副词 adverb / classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions syn 付 fù to pay / to hand over to / classifier for pairs or sets of things syn 堂 táng (main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jian1] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture syn 刀 dāo knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL:把[ba3] / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs syn 套 tào to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ) syn 袭 襲 xí (bound form) to raid / to attack / (bound form) to continue the pattern / to perpetuate / (literary) classifier for suits of clothing or sets of bedding syn 挂 掛 guà to hang / to suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried / to be concerned / (dialect) to make a phone call / to register (at a hospital) / to make an appointment (with a doctor) / (slang) to kill / to die / to be finished / to fail (an exam) / classifier for sets or clusters of objects syn 日落西山 rì luò xī shān the sun sets over western hills (idiom) / the day approaches its end / fig. time of decline / the end of an era / Sic transit gloria mundi 一一映射 yī yī yìng shè bijective map (i.e. map between sets in math. that is one-to-one and onto) / one-to-one correspondence 太阳永不落 太陽永不落 tài yáng yǒng bù luò (on which) the sun never sets 路霸 lù bà brigand / (modern) uncivil driver / road hog / (PRC) person who sets up an illegal toll / (Tw) person who uses a part of the street as their private parking place 金乌西坠，玉兔东升 金烏西墜，玉兔東昇 jīn wū xī zhuì , yù tù dōng shēng lit. the golden bird of the sun sets in the west, the jade hare of the moon rises in the east / fig. at sunset 国际实验和网络数据水流状态 國際實驗和網絡數據水流狀態 Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data Sets 日薄崦嵫 rì bó yān zī lit. the sun sets in Yanzi (idiom) / fig. the day is drawing to an end / the last days (of a person, a dynasty etc) 夏天 xià tiān summer / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 夏季 xià jì summer syn 四季 sì jì four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1] syn 暑假 shǔ jià summer vacation / CL:個|个[ge4] 上都 shàng dū Shangdu, also known as Xanadu, summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) 暑期 shǔ qī summer vacation time 庐山 廬山 lú shān Lushan district of Jiujiang city 九江市, Jiangxi / Mt Lushan in Jiujiang, famous as summer holiday spot 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] 盛夏 shèng xià midsummer / the height of summer syn 夏令营 夏令營 xià lìng yíng summer camp 初夏 chū xià early summer syn 小春 xiǎo chūn 10th month of the lunar calendar / Indian summer / crops sown in late autumn 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 颐和园 頤和園 yí hé yuán Summer Palace in Beijing 壮年 壯年 zhuàng nián lit. robust years / prime of life / summer / able-bodied (fit for military service) / mature (talent, garden etc) 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 暑促 shǔ cù summer promotion (sale) 仲夏 zhòng xià midsummer / second month of summer 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 浴衣 yù yī bathrobe / yukata, lightweight informal kimono worn in summer 暑热 暑熱 shǔ rè hot (summer) weather syn 暑气 暑氣 shǔ qì (summer) heat syn 秋老虎 qiū lǎo hǔ hot spell during autumn / Indian summer 暑天 shǔ tiān hot (summer) day syn 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 暑 shǔ heat / hot weather / summer heat syn 雩 yú summer sacrifice for rain 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) 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 伏汛 fú xùn summer flood 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) 放暑假 fàng shǔ jià to be on summer vacation 甚平 shèn píng jinbei, traditional Japanese two-piece clothing worn in the summer 一个 一個 yī ge a / an / one / the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) 去暑 qù shǔ to beat the summer heat 热伤风 熱傷風 rè shāng fēng summer cold 祛暑 qū shǔ to beat the summer heat 解暑 jiě shǔ to beat the summer heat 孟夏 mèng xià the first month of summer (i.e. the fourth lunisolar month) 