炎夏
yán xià
Pinyin

Definition

炎夏
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yán xià
  1. hot summer
  2. scorching summer

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Xià
  1. 1 the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC
  2. 2 Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432)
  3. 3 surname Xia
xià tiān
  1. 1 summer
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
chū xià
  1. 1 early summer
yān yán
  1. 1 pharyngitis
Xià wēi yí
  1. 1 Hawaii, US state

Idioms (5)

世态炎凉
shì tài yán liáng
  1. 1 the hypocrisy of the world (idiom)
夏虫不可以语冰
xià chóng bù kě yǐ yǔ bīng
  1. 1 a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom)
春生,夏长,秋收,冬藏
chūn shēng , xià zhǎng , qiū shōu , dōng cáng
  1. 1 sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)
趋炎附势
qū yán fù shì
  1. 1 to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power
  2. 2 social climbing
黄炎贵胄
huáng yán guì zhòu
  1. 1 honorable Chinese nationals (idiom)