消夏 xiāo xià to spend the summer / to take a summer vacation syn 暑假 shǔ jià summer vacation / CL:個|个[ge4] 避署 bì shǔ to go on summer vacation 放暑假 fàng shǔ jià to be on summer vacation 一个 一個 yī ge a / an / one / the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) 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 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 时日 時日 shí rì time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day syn 限时 限時 xiàn shí to set a time limit / for a limited time / time-limited / limited period of time 打工 dǎ gōng to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation 时间 時間 shí jiān (concept of) time / (duration of) time / (point in) time syn 期间 期間 qī jiān period of time / time / time period / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 一向 yī xiàng a period of time in the recent past / (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along / the whole time syn 一度 yī dù for a time / at one time / one time / once syn 计时 計時 jì shí to measure time / to time / to reckon by time 久而久之 jiǔ ér jiǔ zhī over time / as time passes / in the fullness of time syn 天时 天時 tiān shí the time / the right time / weather conditions / destiny / course of time / heaven's natural order syn 走时 走時 zǒu shí (of a watch or clock) to keep time / (physics) propagation time / travel time (of a wave) 一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴 一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰 yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn lit. an interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time (saying) / fig. time is precious 寸金难买寸光阴 寸金難買寸光陰 cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom) / Money can't buy you time. / Time is precious. 抓功夫 zhuā gōng fu to maximize one's time / to catch some time out / to find enough time / (also 抓工夫) 抓工夫 zhuā gōng fu to maximize one's time / to catch some time out / to find enough time / (also 抓功夫) 格林尼治平时 格林尼治平時 gé lín ní zhì píng shí Universal Coordinated Time / Greenwich Mean Time / Coordinated Universal Time 致死时间 致死時間 lethal time / survival time / time-to-death 假期 jià qī vacation syn 度假 dù jià to go on holidays / to spend one's vacation 放假 fàng jià to have a holiday or vacation 长假 長假 cháng jià long vacation 寒假 hán jià winter vacation 休假 xiū jià to go on vacation / to have a holiday / to take leave syn 渡假 dù jià (Tw) to go on holidays / to spend one's vacation 留校 liú xiào to join the faculty of one's alma mater upon graduation / to remain at school during vacation 假 jià vacation syn 宅度假 zhái dù jià staycation / residential vacation 度假区 度假區 dù jià qū (vacation) resort 批假 pī jià to approve vacation 换房旅游 換房旅遊 huàn fáng lǚ yóu house-swap vacation 带薪 帶薪 dài xīn to receive one's regular salary (while on vacation, study leave etc) / paid (leave) / on full pay 海员带酬休假公约 海員帶酬休假公約 Convention concerning Vacation Holidays with Pay for Seafarers 收假 shōu jià (of holidays) to come to an end / end of a vacation 被旅游 bèi lǚ yóu (coll.) (of a dissident) to be taken on a tour, ostensibly a vacation, but actually a trip organized by the authorities where one's every move is watched 亲子游 親子遊 qīn zǐ yóu family vacation with an emphasis on activities for parents and children 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 上都 shàng dū Shangdu, also known as Xanadu, summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) 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]) 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) 