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1
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季节

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jìjié

n. season (of the year)

2
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mēn

adj. (of weather) stuffy, (of a room) lacking ventilation

3
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气温

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qìwēn

n. (of weather) temperature

4
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达到

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dádào

v. to reach, to achieve (a certain degree, level, etc.)

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m.w. degree

6
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凉快

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liángkuai

adj. pleasantly cool

7
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公园

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gōngyuán

n. public park

8
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预报

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yùbào

n. forecast

9
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晴天

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qíngtiān

n. clear weather

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adj. low, down

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准确

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zhûnquè

adj. accurate, precise, to the point

12
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春夏秋冬

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chūn xià qiū dōng

phr. the four seasons; (lit.) spring, summer, fall, and winter

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duân

adj. short

14
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lêng

adj. cold, chilly, freezing

15
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树叶

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shùyè

n. tree leaves, foliage

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暖和

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nuânhuo

adj. pleasantly warm, nice and warm

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câo

n. grass, herbs

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绿

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adj. green

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刮风

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guā fēng

v.obj. to be windy; (lit.) to blow wind

20
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零下

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língxià

n. below zero

21
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下雪

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xià xuê

v.obj. to snow

22
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越来越

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yuè lái yuè

adv. more and more

23
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阴天

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yīntiān

n. overcast sky, cloudy day

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下雨

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xià yû

v.obj. to rain

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多云转晴

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duō yún zhuân qíng

phr. cloudy turning clear

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v. to hold (in hand), to grasp

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sân

n. umbrella

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吹牛

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chuī niú

v.obj. to brag, to boast

29
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专家

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zhuānjiā

n. expert, specialist

30
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摄氏

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Shèshì

proper n. Celsius

31
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处暑

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Chùshû

proper n. the end of the summer; (lit.) “cessation of heat,” the fourteenth period of the twenty-four divisions of the traditional Chinese calendar, occurring in late August

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立秋

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Lìqiū

proper n. the beginning of autumn; (lit.) establishing autumn, the thirteenth of the twenty-four seasonal divisions of the traditional Chinese calendar, usually occurring in early August

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n. fog

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shuāng

n. frost

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冰雹

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bīngbáo

n. hail

36
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湿

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shī

adj. wet

37
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气候

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qìhòu

n. climate

38
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华师

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huáshì

n. Fahrenheit

39
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dòng

v. to freeze

40
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多云偶雨

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duō yún ôu yû

phr. cloudy with occasional showers

41
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秋老虎

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qiū lâohû

spoken expression. (lit.) the autumn tiger, an idiomatic expression for the very hot days in the early fall

42
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半个天

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bàn ge tiān

spoken expression. half the sky

43
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大晴天

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dà qíngtiān

spoken expression. very clear day; (lit.) a big clear sky

44
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撒腿就跑

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sā tuî jiù pâo

spoken expression. to start running immediately; (lit.) let go of one’s legs and run

45
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早霞不出门,晚霞行千里。

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Zâo xiá bù chū mén, wân xiá xíng qiān lî.

note. This is a proverb predicting the weather. It literally means: “If there are red clouds in the morning, don’t go out. If there are red clouds in the evening, you can go thousands of miles.” This is similar to the English saying: “Red sky in morning, sailors take warning. Red sky at night, sailors delight.”

46
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杞人忧天。

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Qî rén yōu tiān.

note. This is a 成语故事 about someone in ancient times who constantly worries that the sky is going to fall. The moral of this story is, “Don’t worry about something that is not your concern or that is beyond your control.”