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  *熱* | 熱* | *熱
to warm up / to heat up / hot (of weather) / heat / fervent
HSK 1
weather
HSK 1
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  *氣* | 氣* | *氣
gas; air / smell / weather / to make angry; to annoy; to get angry / vital energy; qi
HSK 2
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  *晴* | 晴* | *晴
clear / fine (weather)
HSK 2
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  *陰* | 陰* | *陰
overcast (weather) / cloudy / shady / Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang) / negative (electric.) / feminine / moon / implicit / hidden / genitalia
HSK 2
meteorological condition; weather / meteorology / atmosphere; ambience; scene
HSK 5
weather / unstable situation
HSK 7-9
blistering hot / sizzling hot (weather)
HSK 7-9
to freeze (food etc) / (of weather) freezing
HSK 7-9
oppressive (of weather) / heavy / depressed / not happy / (of sound) dull / muffled
HSK 7-9
moderate wind, beautiful sun (idiom); fine sunny weather, esp. in springtime
HSK 7-9
(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
HSK 7-9
the time / the right time / weather conditions / destiny / course of time / heaven's natural order
autumn / autumn weather
rainy day / rainy weather
natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect)
weather station
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *暑* | 暑* | *暑
heat / hot weather / summer heat
color of the sky / time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky / weather
weather forecast
weather
lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom) / fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need
(of weather) overcast; gloomy / (of a voice) low and deep / low-spirited; downcast
all-weather
dark (weather, mood)
the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year
hot (summer) weather
intense heat / extremely hot weather
to have a change of weather (esp. for the worse) / (fig.) to experience a major upheaval; to undergo sweeping change
wind chill / cold weather / common cold (medicine)
cold weather, frozen ground (idiom); bitterly cold
decency / public morals / to weather (rocks) / wind erosion
vane / propellor blade / weather vane / windsock
extremely hot (weather) / blazing (sun) / (fig.) burning (enthusiasm)
(idiom) to have good weather for crops
regardless of weather conditions / rain, hail or shine
fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment
weather-beaten / having experienced the hardships of life
(idiom) (of early spring weather) alternating between warm and cold
clear and bright (of weather) / straightforward / candid / open
weather satellite
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
prolonged spell of rainy weather
clear and refreshing autumn weather
meteorological office / weather forecasting office
weathering (of rocks) / erosion (by wind etc)
hard to endure (hot weather, itchiness etc)
(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
(literary) ice formed in freezing weather as frost or icicles etc (often used as a metaphor for moral uprightness, strictness, sternness or aloofness)
(of the weather) to warm up again
cold weather / cold season
to clear up (of weather)
waterproof shoes; oiled shoes (for wet weather)
extra pay for hot weather
poor / underprivileged / (of weather) crisp and clear
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *熰* | 熰* | *熰
severe drought / exceptionally hot weather
typical weather in a given season
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *椆* | 椆* | *椆
species of tree resistant to cold weather
to work unceasingly regardless of the weather (idiom)
drought-resistant / to weather a drought
chilly weather / (loanword from Japanese) agar-agar
(of weather) to clear up
dusky / overcast (of weather)
freezing weather / frosty sky
pleasantly warm (weather)
weather station
the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏, 中伏 and 末伏, which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August
the first of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏), which typically begins in mid-July and lasts 10 days
lit. drinking buddy (idiom) / fig. fair-weather friend
spring / springtime / spring weather
Heaven is not cooperating (idiom) / the weather is not favorable for the planned activity
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
to clear up (of weather after rain)
clear weather
the third of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏), which typically runs over the middle ten days of August
(of an animal) to pounce (on its prey) / (of extreme weather conditions) to hit (a city, province etc)
bright and sunny weather
Heaven is cooperating (idiom) / the weather is favorable for the planned activity (a variation of 天公不作美)
torrid weather
it's cold (weather)
weather phenomenon characterized by condensation of warm moist air on cool surfaces during the transition from winter to spring in Southern China
(Tw) (fig.) unpredictable, unstable weather
awful weather
summer / summer weather
the weather
weather permitting (idiom)
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
barge board / weather board / eaves board (construction)
to trend / to get popular quickly / sudden heat wave (weather)
weather bureau / meteorological office
a sense of having been through good times and bad / a weathered and worn look


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