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 疲惫 疲憊 pí bèi beaten / exhausted / tired syn 气象 氣象 qì xiàng meteorological condition / weather / meteorology / atmosphere / ambience / scene 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 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 阴沉沉 陰沉沉 yīn chén chén dark (weather, mood) 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 热 熱 rè to warm up / to heat up / hot (of weather) / heat / fervent syn 输 輸 shū to lose / to be beaten / (bound form) to transport / (literary) to donate / to contribute / (coll.) to enter (a password) syn 晴 qíng clear / fine (weather) syn 风云 風雲 fēng yún weather / unstable situation syn 天色 tiān sè color of the sky / time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky / weather 天气预报 天氣預報 tiān qì yù bào weather forecast 低沉 dī chén (of weather) overcast / gloomy / (of a voice) low and deep / low-spirited / downcast syn 冷冻 冷凍 lěng dòng to freeze (food etc) / (of weather) freezing syn 天道 tiān dào natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect) syn 雨天 yǔ tiān rainy day / rainy weather syn 爽朗 shuǎng lǎng clear and bright (of weather) / straightforward / candid / open syn 全天候 quán tiān hòu all-weather syn 天时 天時 tiān shí the time / the right time / weather conditions / destiny / course of time / heaven's natural order syn 半死 bàn sǐ half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc) / (tired) to death / (terrified) out of one's wits / (beaten) to within an inch of one's life / (knock) the daylights out of sb syn 抗旱 kàng hàn drought-resistant / to weather a drought 气象局 氣象局 qì xiàng jú weather bureau / meteorological office 气象台 氣象台 qì xiàng tái meteorological office / weather forecasting office 回暖 huí nuǎn (of the weather) to warm up again 风寒 風寒 fēng hán wind chill / cold weather / common cold (medicine) 酷暑 kù shǔ intense heat / extremely hot weather syn 天冷 tiān lěng it's cold (weather) 风向标 風向標 fēng xiàng biāo vane / propellor blade / weather vane / windsock 炙热 炙熱 zhì rè extremely hot (weather) / blazing (sun) / (fig.) burning (enthusiasm) 风化 風化 fēng huà decency / public morals / to weather (rocks) / wind erosion 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) 破败 破敗 pò bài to defeat / to crush (in battle) / beaten / ruined / destroyed / in decline syn 灰蒙蒙 huī mēng mēng dusky / overcast (of weather) syn 老路 lǎo lù old road / familiar way / beaten track / conventional behavior syn 遍体鳞伤 遍體鱗傷 biàn tǐ lín shāng covered all over with cuts and bruises / beaten black and blue / be a mass of bruises syn 半条命 半條命 bàn tiáo mìng half a life / only half alive / barely alive / (scared, beaten etc) half to death 风雨无阻 風雨無阻 fēng yǔ wú zǔ regardless of weather conditions / rain, hail or shine syn 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 放晴 fàng qíng (of weather) to clear up syn 受刑 shòu xíng beaten / tortured / executed 秋高气爽 秋高氣爽 qiū gāo qì shuǎng clear and refreshing autumn weather 天寒地冻 天寒地凍 tiān hán dì dòng cold weather, frozen ground (idiom) / bitterly cold syn 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 风调雨顺 風調雨順 fēng tiáo yǔ shùn favorable weather (idiom) / good weather for crops syn 挨揍 ái zòu to be beaten / to take a drubbing / buffeted / knocked about 清寒 淸寒 qīng hán poor / underprivileged / (of weather) crisp and clear syn 败阵 敗陣 bài zhèn to be defeated on the battlefield / to be beaten in a contest syn 晴好 qíng hǎo bright and sunny weather syn 气象站 氣象站 qì xiàng zhàn weather station 夏令 xià lìng summer / summer weather syn 暑热 暑熱 shǔ rè hot (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 熟路 shú lù familiar road / beaten track 霜天 shuāng tiān freezing weather / frosty sky 气象卫星 氣象衛星 qì xiàng wèi xīng weather satellite 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 酒肉朋友 jiǔ ròu péng you lit. drinking buddy (idiom) / fig. fair-weather friend 敌众我寡 敵衆我寡 dí zhòng wǒ guǎ multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius) / heavily outnumbered / beaten by the weight of numbers syn 自动气象站 自動氣象站 Automatic Weather Station 暑 shǔ heat / hot weather / summer heat syn 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 兵败如山倒 兵敗如山倒 bīng bài rú shān dǎo troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom) / a beaten army in total collapse 壹败涂地 壹敗塗地 yī bài tú dì beaten and wiped over the floor (idiom) / to fail utterly / a crushing defeat / failed and in a hopeless position 沐雨栉风 沐雨櫛風 mù yǔ zhì fēng to work unceasingly regardless of the weather (idiom) 蜀犬吠日 shǔ quǎn fèi rì lit. Sichuan dogs bark at the sun (idiom) / fig. a simpleton will marvel at even the most common things / alludes to the Sichuan foggy weather where it's uncommon to see a sunny day syn 栉风沐雨 櫛風沐雨 zhì fēng mù yǔ lit. to comb one's hair in the wind and wash it in the rain (idiom) / fig. to work in the open regardless of the weather syn 成规 成規 chéng guī established rules / the beaten track syn 人迹罕至 人跡罕至 rén jì hǎn zhì lit. men's footprints are rare (idiom) / fig. off the beaten track / lonely / deserted syn 冷天 lěng tiān cold weather / cold season 天候 tiān hòu weather syn 天儿 天兒 tiān r the weather 秋令 qiū lìng autumn / autumn weather syn 不落窠臼 bù luò kē jiù not follow the beaten track / have an original style syn 蛋花汤 蛋花湯 dàn huā tāng clear soup containing beaten egg and green leafy vegetable / eggdrop soup 人迹罕 人跡罕 rén jì hǎn lit. men's footprints are rare / off the beaten track 奇览 奇覽 qí lǎn singular excursion / off the beaten track 满地找牙 滿地找牙 mǎn dì zhǎo yá to be looking for one's teeth all over the floor / (fig.) to get beaten up badly / to beat the crap out of (sb) 击鼓传花 擊鼓傳花 jī gǔ chuán huā beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc) 遍体鳞伤 遍體鱗傷 biàn tǐ - lín shāng (idiom) covered all over with cuts and bruises / beaten black and blue syn 天气图 天氣圖 tiān qì tú weather 初伏 chū fú the first of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which typically begins in mid-July and lasts 10 days 天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福 天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福 tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom) / sth unexpected may happen at any moment 天雨顺延 天雨順延 tiān yǔ shùn yán weather permitting (idiom) 封檐板 fēng yán bǎn barge board / weather board / eaves board (construction) 崭晴 嶄晴 zhǎn qíng clear weather 春令 chūn lìng spring / springtime / spring weather syn 月令 yuè lìng typical weather in a given season syn 末伏 mò fú the third of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which typically runs over the middle ten days of August syn 椆 chóu species of tree resistant to cold weather 气象观测站 氣象觀測站 qì xiàng guān cè zhàn weather station 油鞋 yóu xié waterproof shoes / oiled shoes (for wet weather) 炙酷 zhì kù torrid weather 