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Autumn Tiger

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ID: 2991 Upper Intermediate
秋老虎 which literally translates as Autumn Tiger, is a period of hot weather during the traditionally cooler months. This is known as an Indian summer in English. Listen to this lesson all about this strange weather.
Thu Nov 24 2016 | Constance Fang, Fiona Tian
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
中旬 zhōngxún the middle third of a month
发威 fāwēi to make a show of power
偶尔 ǒuěr occasionally
干燥 gānzào dry
怎么明明已经十月中旬了，天气还这么热！
zěnme míngmíng yǐjīng shíyuè zhōngxún le ，tiānqì hái zhème rè ！
How is the temperature so hot when it's already mid-October!
没办法，秋老虎发威。
méi bànfǎ ，qiūlǎohǔ fāwēi 。
There's nothing we can do. The Autumn tiger is rearing its head.
秋老虎？秋天的老虎？
qiū lǎohǔ ？qiūtiān de lǎohǔ ？
The Autumn tiger? An Autumn tiger?
秋老虎是指秋天偶尔出现的干燥又炎热的天气，热到仿佛是有老虎咬你一样。
qiū lǎohǔ shìzhǐ qiūtiān ǒuěr chūxiàn de gānzào yòu yánrè de tiānqì ，rè dào fǎngfú shì yǒu lǎohǔ yǎo nǐ yīyàng 。
An Autumn tiger refers to the spells of hot dry weather that sometime occur in Autumn. It's so hot that it seems like a tiger has bitten you.
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