初夏
chū xià
Pinyin

Definition

初夏
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chū xià
  1. early summer

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

chū
  1. 1 at first
  2. 2 (at the) beginning
  3. 3 first
  4. 4 junior
  5. 5 basic
chū yī
  1. 1 first day of lunar month
  2. 2 New Year's Day
  3. 3 first year in junior middle school
xià tiān
  1. 1 summer
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
chū sān
  1. 1 third year in junior middle school
chū zhōng
  1. 1 junior high school
  2. 2 abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学[chū jí zhōng xué]
chū èr
  1. 1 2nd year in junior middle school
  2. 2 2nd day of a lunar month
  3. 3 2nd day of lunar New Year
chū chū máo lú
  1. 1 venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
  2. 2 young and inexperienced
  3. 3 novice
  4. 4 greenhorn
chū liàn
  1. 1 first love
chū qī
  1. 1 initial stage
  2. 2 beginning period
chū bù
  1. 1 initial
  2. 2 preliminary
  3. 3 tentative
chū jí
  1. 1 junior
  2. 2 primary
chū zhōng
  1. 1 original intention
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 wēi yí
  1. 1 Hawaii, US state
Xià wá
  1. 1 Eve (in Protestant versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh, probably via Cantonese 夏娃 {Haa6waā})
xià jì
  1. 1 summer
xià rì
  1. 1 summertime
Xià hé
  1. 1 Xiahe county in Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[Gān nán Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Gansu, formerly Amdo province of Tibet
nián chū
  1. 1 beginning of the year
zuì chū
  1. 1 first
  2. 2 primary
  3. 3 initial
  4. 4 original
  5. 5 at first
  6. 6 initially
  7. 7 originally

Idioms (11)

初出茅庐
chū chū máo lú
  1. 1 venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
  2. 2 young and inexperienced
  3. 3 novice
  4. 4 greenhorn
初生之犊不畏虎
chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ
  1. 1 lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the fearlessness of youth
初生牛犊不怕虎
chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ
  1. 1 lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the young are fearless
初露头角
chū lù tóu jiǎo
  1. 1 lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent
  2. 2 first sign of emerging talent
  3. 3 budding genius
夏虫不可以语冰
xià chóng bù kě yǐ yǔ bīng
  1. 1 a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom)
悔不当初
huǐ bù dāng chū
  1. 1 to regret one's past deeds (idiom)
情窦初开
qíng dòu chū kāi
  1. 1 first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)
早知今日何必当初
zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū
  1. 1 if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
  2. 2 to regret vainly one's past behavior
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)
躲得过初一,躲不过十五
duǒ de guò chū yī , duǒ bù guò shí wǔ
  1. 1 lit. you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you can't put it off forever
  3. 3 sooner or later you'll have to deal with it
靡不有初,鲜克有终
mǐ bù yǒu chū , xiǎn kè yǒu zhōng
  1. 1 almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle

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