气 氣 qì gas / air / smell / weather / to make angry / to annoy / to get angry / vital energy / qi syn 天气 天氣 tiān qì weather syn 冷冻 冷凍 lěng dòng to freeze (food etc) / (of weather) freezing syn 气象 氣象 qì xiàng meteorological condition / weather / meteorology / atmosphere / ambience / scene syn 风云 風雲 fēng yún weather / unstable situation syn 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 全天候 quán tiān hòu all-weather syn 沉闷 沉悶 chén mèn oppressive (of weather) / heavy / depressed / not happy / (of sound) dull / muffled syn 炎热 炎熱 yán rè blistering hot / sizzling hot (weather) syn 低沉 dī chén (of weather) overcast / gloomy / (of a voice) low and deep / low-spirited / downcast syn 天色 tiān sè color of the sky / time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky / weather 雨天 yǔ tiān rainy day / rainy weather syn 风化 風化 fēng huà decency / public morals / to weather (rocks) / wind erosion 气象局 氣象局 qì xiàng jú weather bureau / meteorological office 放晴 fàng qíng (of weather) to clear up syn 风雨无阻 風雨無阻 fēng yǔ wú zǔ regardless of weather conditions / rain, hail or shine syn 回暖 huí nuǎn (of the weather) to warm up again 风和日丽 風和日麗 fēng hé rì lì moderate wind, beautiful sun (idiom) / fine sunny weather, esp. in springtime syn 雪中送炭 xuě zhōng sòng tàn lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom) / fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need syn 熏蒸 燻蒸 xūn zhēng (of sultry weather) to be stifling / (TCM) to treat a disease with fumes generated by burning medicinal herbs or with steam generated by boiling herbs / to fumigate syn 天寒地冻 天寒地凍 tiān hán dì dòng cold weather, frozen ground (idiom) / bitterly cold syn 天时 天時 tiān shí the time / the right time / weather conditions / destiny / course of time / heaven's natural order syn 酷暑 kù shǔ intense heat / extremely hot weather syn 冰霜 bīng shuāng (literary) ice formed in freezing weather as frost or icicles etc (often used as a metaphor for moral uprightness, strictness, sternness or aloofness) 晴好 qíng hǎo bright and sunny weather syn 天道 tiān dào natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect) syn 爽朗 shuǎng lǎng clear and bright (of weather) / straightforward / candid / open syn 风向标 風向標 fēng xiàng biāo vane / propellor blade / weather vane / windsock 气象卫星 氣象衛星 qì xiàng wèi xīng weather satellite 气象台 氣象台 qì xiàng tái meteorological office / weather forecasting office 灰蒙蒙 huī mēng mēng dusky / overcast (of weather) syn 秋高气爽 秋高氣爽 qiū gāo qì shuǎng clear and refreshing autumn weather 风调雨顺 風調雨順 fēng tiáo yǔ shùn favorable weather (idiom) / good weather for crops syn 饱经风霜 飽經風霜 bǎo jīng fēng shuāng weather-beaten / having experienced the hardships of life syn 风寒 風寒 fēng hán wind chill / cold weather / common cold (medicine) 变天 變天 biàn tiān to have a change of weather (esp. for the worse) / (fig.) to experience a major upheaval / to undergo sweeping change 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 天气预报 天氣預報 tiān qì yù bào weather forecast 抗旱 kàng hàn drought-resistant / to weather a drought 天冷 tiān lěng it's cold (weather) 炙热 炙熱 zhì rè extremely hot (weather) / blazing (sun) / (fig.) burning (enthusiasm) 阴沉沉 陰沉沉 yīn chén chén dark (weather, mood) syn 清寒 淸寒 qīng hán poor / underprivileged / (of weather) crisp and clear syn 气象站 氣象站 qì xiàng zhàn weather station 暑热 暑熱 shǔ rè hot (summer) weather syn 霜天 shuāng tiān freezing weather / frosty sky 和暖 hé nuǎn pleasantly warm (weather) syn 三伏 sān fú the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏[chu1 fu2], 中伏[zhong1 fu2] and 末伏[mo4 fu2], which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August syn 中伏 zhōng fú the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year syn 天公不作美 tiān gōng bù zuò měi Heaven is not cooperating (idiom) / the weather is not favorable for the planned activity syn 酒肉朋友 jiǔ ròu péng you lit. drinking buddy (idiom) / fig. fair-weather friend 热 熱 rè to warm up / to heat up / hot (of weather) / heat / fervent syn 晴 qíng clear / fine (weather) syn 暑 shǔ heat / hot weather / summer heat syn 自动气象站 自動氣象站 Automatic Weather Station 发展目标 發展目標 development objective / development goal 发展 發展 fā zhǎn development / growth / to develop / to grow / to expand syn 开发 開發 kāi fā to exploit (a resource) / to open up (for development) / to develop syn 深度 shēn dù depth / (of a speech etc) profundity / advanced stage of development syn 路程 lù chéng route / path traveled / distance traveled / course (of development) syn 发育 發育 fā yù to develop / to mature / growth / development / (sexually) mature syn 动态 動態 dòng tài movement / motion / development / trend / dynamic (science) 研发 研發 yán fā research and development / to develop 武术 武術 wǔ shù military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 急速 jí sù hurried / at a great speed / rapid (development) syn 住宅区 住宅區 zhù zhái qū residential area / housing development 里程 lǐ chéng mileage (distance traveled) / course (of development) syn 孕育 yùn yù to be pregnant / to produce offspring / to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc) / fig. replete with (culture etc) 修行 xiū xíng to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism) / to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft syn 神速 shén sù lightning speed / amazingly rapid / incredible pace of development syn 辟 闢 pì to open (a door) / to open up (for development) / to dispel / to refute / to repudiate / (bound form) penetrating / incisive syn 苗头 苗頭 miáo tou first signs / development (of a situation) syn 发扬光大 發揚光大 fā yáng guāng dà to develop and promote / to carry forward / to bring to great height of development syn 襁褓 qiǎng bǎo swaddling clothes / fig. early stage of development / infancy syn 冲力 衝力 chōng lì momentum (the force exhibited by a moving body) / (fig.) momentum (capacity for progressive development) 前因后果 前因後果 qián yīn hòu guǒ cause and effects (idiom) / entire process of development syn 冷天 lěng tiān cold weather / cold season 天有不测风云 天有不測風雲 tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún fortune as unpredictable as the weather (idiom) / sth unexpected may happen at any moment 开发区 開發區 kāi fā qū development zone 成虫 成蟲 chéng chóng imago (adult, sexually mature insect, the final stage of its development) 法拉第 fǎ lā dì Faraday (name) / Michael Faraday (1791-1867), British experimental physicist prominent in the development of electricity 纵深 縱深 zòng shēn depth (from front to rear) / depth (into a territory) / span (of time) / (fig.) depth (of deployment, progress, development etc) syn 天候 tiān hòu weather syn 新村 xīn cūn new housing development 跨越式 kuà yuè shì breakthrough / going beyond / leap-forward / unusual new development 发育期 發育期 fā yù qī puberty / period of development 天儿 天兒 tiān r the weather 秋令 qiū lìng autumn / autumn weather syn 经济发展 經濟發展 jīng jì fā zhǎn economic development 可持续发展 可持續發展 kě chí xù fā zhǎn sustainable development 发改委 發改委 fā gǎi wěi abbr. for 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会, PRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003 科学发展观 科學發展觀 kē xué fā zhǎn guān Scientific Outlook on Development, a guiding principle for the CCP attributed to Hu Jintao 胡錦濤|胡锦涛[Hu2 Jin3 tao1], incorporated into the Constitution of the CCP in 2007 发展战略 development strategy 邓小平理论 鄧小平理論 dèng xiǎo píng lǐ lùn Deng Xiaoping Theory / Dengism / the foundation of PRC economic development after the Cultural Revolution, building the capitalist economy within Chinese Communist Party control 大力发展 大力發展 dà lì fā zhǎn vigorous expansion / rapid development 公测 公測 gōng cè (software development) to do beta testing 产品开发 產品開發 product development 技术发展 技術發展 jì shù fā zhǎn technological development 