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HSK
summer / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
satisfactory; consummate; perfect
HSK 4
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  *翻* | 翻* | *翻
to turn over / to flip over / to overturn / to rummage through / to translate / to decode / to double / to climb over or into / to cross
HSK 4
summit meeting
HSK 6
to sum up / to conclude / summary / résumé / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
summer
HSK 4
four seasons, namely: spring , summer , autumn and winter
HSK 7-9
summer camp
HSK 7-9
summer sets in
battle report; (sports) match summary
summer clothing; summer clothes
to summarize; to generalize / briefly; in broad outline
HSK 4
summer vacation / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
brief (statement, summary etc) / briefly / brevity
HSK 7-9
dauntless / to summon up courage and determination / using extreme force of will
HSK 7-9
generally speaking / to sum up / in summary / in short
HSK 7-9
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  *伏* | 伏* | *伏
to lean over / to fall (go down) / to hide (in ambush) / to conceal oneself / to lie low / hottest days of summer / to submit / to concede defeat / to overcome / to subdue / volt
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  *夏* | 夏* | *夏
summer
peak / summit / height
HSK 6
summary / brief introduction
HSK 6
a summons (to the police) / subpoena
a; an; one / the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
to sum up / to summarize / to conclude from facts / induction (method of deduction in logic)
HSK 7-9
to summarize / to sum up
HSK 7-9
the summer solstice
to collect and summarize; to aggregate (data, reports etc)
summit / apex / pinnacle (of one's career etc) / peak (of a civilization etc)
HSK 7-9
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  *略* | 略* | *略
brief; sketchy / outline; summary / to omit / (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly / plan; strategy / to capture (territory)
HSK 7-9
to summon one's (courage, faith etc) / to puff up (one's cheeks etc) / to bulge / to swell out
to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers / fig. to stir up troubles
HSK 7-9
Midsummer night's dream, comedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
summit / peak / (math.) vertex
to gesticulate while talking (idiom) / to explain by waving one's hands / to criticize or give orders summarily
HSK 7-9
general situation / summary
HSK 7-9
hot spell during autumn / Indian summer
summer sleeping mat (e.g. of woven split bamboo) / CL: 張|张, 領|领
the hottest part of summer sets in
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  *峰* | 峰* | *峰
(of a mountain) high and tapered peak or summit / mountain-like in appearance / highest level / classifier for camels
head (of state) / summit (meeting) / leader
HSK 6
early summer
Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860
midsummer / second month of summer
call in (one's subordinates) / summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview
East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer)
summary / abstract
counterfeit article / fake / dummy / simulacrum
lit. robust years / prime of life / summer / able-bodied (fit for military service) / mature (talent, garden etc)
to be on summer vacation
peak / summit / (old) higher authorities / superiors
Xiazhi or Summer Solstice, 10th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st June-6th July
on top of / at the summit
to summon / to beckon / to call
ignorant / doubt stemming from ignorance / (a summer insect has no word for ice, Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
(of a child bride) to consummate marriage
dummy (for crash testing, displaying clothes etc)
summary / short / brief / wrap-up
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  *暑* | 暑* | *暑
heat / hot weather / summer heat
novel in chapters, main format for long novels from the Ming onwards, with each chapter headed by a summary couplet
devastating setback / slump (in stock market etc) / crushing defeat / to cause a serious setback / to plummet
to collect and organize (papers etc) / to archive (data) / to summarize (evidence etc) / summary
summary report / press release / brief
mountain resort / Qing imperial summer residence at Chengde, a world heritage site
that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5]
leadership conference / summit meeting
Seventeen-Arch Bridge in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园, Beijing
the Summer Olympic Games; the Summer Olympics
to sink into despondency / (of morale, willpower etc) to diminish; to plummet
HSK 7-9
Shangdu, also known as Xanadu, summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368)
to outline / to summarize / to sketch / summary / brief description / concise narrative / in a nutshell / briefly
summer flood
the four seasons / spring, summer, autumn and winter
(Tw) (neologism c. 2007) information presented in easily assimilable form (digest, summary, infographic etc)
heavy man / fat man / lunkhead / lummox / lug
the four seasons, namely: spring , summer , autumn and winter
bathrobe / yukata, lightweight informal kimono worn in summer
East Asia Summit, annual meeting of leading Asian states
peak / summit / fig. high point / masterpiece
Tower of Buddhist Incense in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园, Beijing
to be away for the summer holidays / to spend a holiday at a summer resort / to prevent sunstroke
HSK 7-9
summer vacation time
HSK 7-9
hot (summer) weather
to summon one's courage
see 廬山市|庐山市 / Lushan district of Jiujiang city 九江市, Jiangxi / Mt Lushan in Jiujiang, famous as summer holiday spot
(law) to summon (a witness); to subpoena; to arraign (an offender) / (Tw) to send a message; to message sb (abbr. for 傳送訊息|传送讯息)
sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)
to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom) / to exercise magical powers / fig. to stir up troubles / also 呼風喚雨|呼风唤雨
to treat winter diseases in the summer (TCM)
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  *召* | 召* | *召
to call together / to summon / to convene / temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)
angle at apex / summit angle / cusp
to sue for peace / to look for a draw (chess) / summation (math.)
dummy run / to run through sth / to rehearse
Lixia or Start of Summer, 7th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 5th-20th May
hot (summer) day
to summarize / a summary
Gumma prefecture in northern Japan
to beat the summer heat
to go on summer vacation
summer / summer weather
the summer solstice
summit / crest

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