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 电流 電流 diàn liú an electric current / (old) current intensity 现任 現任 xiàn rèn to occupy a post currently / current (president etc) / incumbent / (coll.) current boyfriend (girlfriend, spouse) 风尚 風尚 fēng shàng current custom / current way of doing things syn 寒流 hán liú cold air current / cold ocean current / cold stream syn 整流 zhěng liú to rectify (alternating current to direct current) 时势 時勢 shí shì current situation / circumstances / current trend syn 整流器 zhěng liú qì rectifier (transforming alternating electric current to direct current) 现实情况 現實情況 xiàn shí qíng kuàng current state / current situation 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 恭贺佳节 恭賀佳節 gōng hè jiā jié season's greetings (idiom) 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 现在 現在 xiàn zài now / at present / at the moment / modern / current / nowadays syn 这次 這次 zhè cì present / now / current 以为 以為 yǐ wéi to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) syn 行情 háng qíng market price / quotation of market price / the current market situation syn 本月 běn yuè this month / the current month 现状 現狀 xiàn zhuàng current situation syn 潮流 cháo liú tide / current / trend syn 现行 現行 xiàn xíng to be in effect / in force / current syn 年内 年內 nián nèi during the current year 本届 本屆 běn jiè current / this year 改版 gǎi bǎn to revise the current edition / revised edition 本期 běn qī the current period / this term (usually in finance) 直流 zhí liú to flow steadily / direct current (DC) 应届 應屆 yīng jiè this year's / the current year's 国情 國情 guó qíng the characteristics and circumstances particular to a country / current state of a country 时事 時事 shí shì current trends / the present situation / how things are going syn 上行 shàng xíng (of trains) up (i.e. towards the capital) / (of river boats) to go against the current / to submit (a document) to higher authorities syn 口碑 kǒu bēi public praise / public reputation / commonly held opinions / current idiom syn 