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HSK
winter / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
winter vacation
HSK 4
four seasons, namely: spring , summer , autumn and winter
HSK 7-9
winter
HSK 4
nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
winter clothes
leather shoe stuffed with Carex meyeriana 烏拉草|乌拉草, worn in northeastern China during winter
Winter Solstice, 22nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd December-5th January
Bing Dwen Dwen (mascot of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, a panda wearing a bodysuit of transparent ice)
Potala, winter palace of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet
Winter Olympics
cold winter
the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed to be the coldest days of the year
donko shiitake mushroom, a prized type of shiitake (Lentinula edodes) cultivated in winter, with thick flesh and partially open cap
the coldest period of the year / three nine day periods after the winter solstice
nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
early winter
Asian Winter Games
winter / winter climate
Winter Paralympics
(of birds) to migrate south for the winter
bitter cold / severe winter
the four seasons / spring, summer, autumn and winter
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *冬* | 冬* | *冬
winter
sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)
winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil)
nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
to treat winter diseases in the summer (TCM)
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China who ordered the looting and destruction of the Old Winter Palace Yuanmingyuan 圓明園|圆明园 in 1860 / Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841), who stole the Parthenon Marbles in 1801-1810
banquet to celebrate the Spring Festival / wine made in spring and kept until winter, or made in winter and kept until spring
severe winter
winter daphne
to get through the winter
overcoat / down jacket / winter wear
weather phenomenon characterized by condensation of warm moist air on cool surfaces during the transition from winter to spring in Southern China
winter and summer
the winter solstice
winter plowing
solstice / the winter solstice 冬至 and summer solstice 夏至
austere / stern / harsh / somber and desolate (autumn or winter)
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China who ordered the looting and destruction of the Old Winter Palace Yuanmingyuan 圓明園|圆明园 in 1860 / Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841), who stole the Parthenon Marbles in 1801-1810
Winter Palace (St Petersburg) / Hermitage Museum
slack winter season (farming)
nuclear winter
winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)
winter clothing
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *狩* | 狩* | *狩
to hunt / to go hunting (as winter sport in former times) / hunting dog / imperial tour
midwinter / the depth of winter
winter break
to gain weight in the fall (to prepare for winter)
to escape the cold by going on a winter holiday
winter games
to freeze to death / to die off in winter
the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom)
Chinese lantern plant / winter cherry / strawberry ground-cherry / Physalis alkekengi
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *臘* | 臘* | *臘
ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month / the 12th lunar month / (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month
final month of winter (i.e. twelfth month of lunar calendar)
the winter solstice
Lidong or Start of Winter, 19th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st November
Chinese lantern plant (Physalis alkekengi); winter cherry; strawberry ground-cherry / creeping oxalis (Oxalis corniculata)
quilted cotton trousers / cotton-padded trousers (worn in winter)
to pass the winter / to overwinter / to live through the winter
freezing over of river in winter
the four seasons, namely: spring , summer , autumn and winter


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