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)

夏
Xià
  1. 1 the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC
  2. 2 Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432)
  3. 3 surname Xia
夏天
xià tiān
  1. 1 summer
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
初夏
chū xià
  1. 1 early summer
咽炎
yān yán
  1. 1 pharyngitis
夏威夷
Xià wēi yí
  1. 1 Hawaii, US state
夏娃
Xià wá
  1. 1 Eve (in Protestant versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh, probably via Cantonese 夏娃 {Haa6waā})
夏季
xià jì
  1. 1 summer
夏日
xià rì
  1. 1 summertime
夏普
Xià pǔ
  1. 1 Sharp Corporation
夏河
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
夏洛克
Xià luò kè
  1. 1 Shylock (in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice)
  2. 2 Sherlock (name)
宁夏
Níng xià
  1. 1 Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, abbr. 寧|宁[Níng], capital Yinchuan 銀川|银川[Yín chuān]
支气管炎
zhī qì guǎn yán
  1. 1 bronchitis
春夏秋冬
chūn xià qiū dōng
  1. 1 the four seasons
  2. 2 spring, summer, autumn and winter
消炎
xiāo yán
  1. 1 to reduce fever
  2. 2 antipyretic
  3. 3 to decrease inflammation
消炎药
xiāo yán yào
  1. 1 anti-inflammatory medicine
炎亚纶
Yán Yà lún
  1. 1 Aaron Yan (1986-), Taiwanese singer
炎炎
yán yán
  1. 1 scorching
炎热
yán rè
  1. 1 blistering hot
  2. 2 sizzling hot (weather)
炎症
yán zhèng
  1. 1 inflammation

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)

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