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haaˍ₆夏
Pinyin: xia4
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nouna dynasty in Chinese history (2205-1782 B.C.)
noungreat; grand; big; spacious
nouna big house; mansion
nounCathay, the ancient name of China
nounsummer
haaˍ₆夏lingˍ₆令
Pinyin: xia4 ling4
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nounsummer season, summertime, summer time
haaˍ₆夏lingˍ₆令siˎ₄時gaan˗₃間
简 夏令时间
Pinyin: xia4 ling4 shi2 jian1
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noundaylight-saving time; summer time
noundaynight saving time, the practice of setting the clocks forward one hour from Standard Time during the summer months
zungˍ₆仲haaˍ₆夏
Pinyin: zhong4 xia4
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nounmidsummer, the second month of summer
haaˍ₆夏zi˗₃至kwanˊ²菌
Pinyin: xia4 zhi4 jun1
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nouna type of fungus which grows on the trunk of the lychee tree | also 荔枝菌, 雞縱菌
haaˍ₆夏gwai˗₃季
Pinyin: xia4 ji4
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nounsummer; summertime; summer season
haaˍ₆夏tinˉ¹天
Pinyin: xia4 tian1
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nounsummer | [粵]: also 熱天
haaˍ₆夏laiˏ₅禮fuˍ₆輔ceonˎ₄循waanˎ₄環
简 夏礼辅循环
Pinyin: xia4 li3 fu3 xun2 huan2
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nounKrebs cycle; Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle; Citric Acid Cycle
haaˍ₆夏gaaiˉ¹佳leiˏ₅理
Pinyin: xia4 jia1 li3
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nounRonald Joseph Archulli, former chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, Non-official Members Convenor of the Executive Council of Hong Kong and a senior partner at King & Wood Mallesons
haaˍ₆夏louˎ₄爐dungˉ¹冬sin˗₃扇
简 夏炉冬扇
Pinyin: xia4 lu2 dong1 shan4
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noundescribes wasted and ineffective efforts when doing things not according to the needs; literally: stove in summer and fan in winter
haaˍ₆夏zi˗₃至
Pinyin: xia4 zhi4
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nounthe summer solstice, 10th of the 24 solar terms 21st June-6th July
haaˍ₆夏fuˉ¹枯couˊ²草
Pinyin: xia4 ku1 cao3
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nouncommon selfheal plant; prunella vulgaris
nounnoun; Chinese herb, named as Selfheal
haaˍ₆夏likˍ₆曆
简 夏历
Pinyin: xia4 li4
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nounthe traditional Chinese lunar calendar
haaˍ₆夏waiˉ¹威jiˎ₄夷
Pinyin: xia4 wei1 yi2
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nounHawaii
waaˎ₄華haaˍ₆夏
简 华夏
Pinyin: hua2 xia4
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nounold name for China; Cathay
haaˍ₆夏waanˉ¹灣naaˎ₄拿
简 夏湾拿
Pinyin: xia4 wan1 na2
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nounHavana, capital of Cuba
haaˍ₆夏zit˗₃節
简 夏节
Pinyin: xia4 jie2
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nounDragon Boat Festival
haaˍ₆夏munˎ₄門
简 夏门
Pinyin: xia4 men2
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nounXiamen, place in China
gongˉ¹江haaˍ₆夏zaamˍ₆站
Pinyin: jiang1 xia4 zhan4
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nounJiangxia Station, a metro station in Guangzhou, China
jauˏ₅有siˍ₆事zungˉ¹鐘mouˎ₄無jim6,艷,mouˎ₄無siˍ₆事haaˍ₆夏jingˎ₄迎ceonˉ¹春
简 有事钟无艳,无事夏迎春
Pinyin: you3shi4 zhong1 wu2 yan4, wu2 shi4 xia4 ying2chun1
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nounone turns to those who are helpful but not pleasing in times of needs, but turns to those who are pleasing but not helpful in troublefree times [written and colloquial]
jimˎ₄炎haaˍ₆夏
Pinyin: yan2 xia4
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nounhot summer; sweltering summer
jauˏ₅有siˍ₆事zungˉ¹鍾mouˎ₄無jimˍ₆艷mouˎ₄無siˍ₆事haaˍ₆夏jingˎ₄迎ceonˉ¹春
简 有事钟无艳无事夏迎春
Pinyin: you3 shi4 zhong1 wu2 yan4 you3 shi4 xia4 ying2 chun1
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nouncome to me only when you need help in times of trouble
laanˎ₄蘭hoiˉ¹開haaˍ₆夏douˍ₆道
简 兰开夏道
Pinyin: lan2 kai1 xia4 dao4
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nounLancashire Road; a street in Kowloong Tong, Hong Kong