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夏衍
Xià Yǎn
Pinyin
Definition
夏衍
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Xià Yǎn
Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer
Character Decomposition
夏
一
自
夂
衍
行
氵
Related Words
(20)
夏
Xià
1
the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC
2
Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432)
3
surname Xia
夏天
xià tiān
1
summer
2
CL:個|个[gè]
初夏
chū xià
1
early summer
夏威夷
Xià wēi yí
1
Hawaii, US state
夏娃
Xià wá
1
Eve (in Protestant versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh, probably via Cantonese 夏娃 {Haa6waā})
夏季
xià jì
1
summer
夏日
xià rì
1
summertime
夏普
Xià pǔ
1
Sharp Corporation
夏河
Xià hé
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
夏洛克
Xià luò kè
1
Shylock (in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice)
2
Sherlock (name)
宁夏
Níng xià
1
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, abbr. 寧|宁[Níng], capital Yinchuan 銀川|银川[Yín chuān]
敷衍
fū yǎn
1
to elaborate (on a theme)
2
to expound (the classics)
3
perfunctory
4
to skimp
5
to botch
6
to do sth half-heartedly or just for show
7
barely enough to get by
春夏秋冬
chūn xià qiū dōng
1
the four seasons
2
spring, summer, autumn and winter
盛夏
shèng xià
1
midsummer
2
the height of summer
繁衍
fán yǎn
1
to multiply
2
to reproduce
3
to increase gradually in number or quantity
华夏
Huá xià
1
old name for China
2
Cathay
衍生
yǎn shēng
1
to give rise to
2
to derive
3
derivative
4
derivation
仲夏
zhòng xià
1
midsummer
2
second month of summer
冬夏
dōng xià
1
winter and summer
冬虫夏草
dōng chóng xià cǎo
1
caterpillar fungus (Cordyceps sinensis)
Idioms
(3)
夏虫不可以语冰
xià chóng bù kě yǐ yǔ bīng
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
sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)
胄裔繁衍
zhòu yì fán yǎn
1
Descendants are great in numbers. (idiom)
Sample Sentences