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cold (climate) / frigid / very cold
HSK 4
winter vacation
HSK 4
polar climate
cold wave / CL:
lit. not cold, yet shivering (idiom) / fig. to tremble with fear / to be terrified
the Cambrian explosion
typhoid
shiver
cold winter
bitter cold / severe winter
lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom); fig. intimately interdependent
affected by cold / to catch cold
to defend against the cold; to keep warm
Hanlu or Cold Dew, 17th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 8th-22nd October
three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)
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cold / poor / to tremble
Cambrian geological period (541-485.4 million years ago)
ugly / shameful / to ridicule
a life of strenuous studies (idiom)
coldproof / resistant to cold
to enquire solicitously about sb's well-being (idiom) / to pamper
poor and humble family / my family (humble)
cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明節|清明节) / the Qingming festival
(of a bladed weapon etc) to gleam coldly
a nip in the air / chilliness
to exchange conventional greetings; to exchange pleasantries
nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
Han Han (1982-), PRC blogger, singer and professional rally driver
my humble home
stomach cold (TCM)
cold air / a chill one feels in the body (when exposed to cold air)
wretched / poverty-stricken / unpresentable (for clothing, gifts etc)
cold and desolate
typhoid
pre-Cambrian, geological period before c. 540m years ago
disillusioned / bitterly disappointed / terrified
cold air current / cold ocean current / cold stream
bitterly disappointed / frightened
(idiom) bitterly cold; frigid
Lesser Cold, 23rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-19th January
poor / poverty-stricken / impoverished
one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp / sporadic effort / lack of sticking power / short attention span
Great Cold, 24th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 20th January-3rd February
to relieve cold
bone chilling wind (idiom)
the chilling effect of a climate of fear in which people are afraid to speak their mind
overcoat / down jacket / winter wear
typhus
high and cold (mountain area)
to be of humble origin (idiom)
salmonella typhimurium
paratyphoid fever
(polite) my wife (old)
bitter cold
alone and poor / humble / (Cantonese) miserly
(idiom) to show concern about sb's well-being
a cicada in cold weather (used as a metaphor for sb who keeps their thoughts to themself) / Meimuna opalifera, a kind of cicada found in East Asia
lit. broken tiles, cold hearth; fig. a broken-down house / poor and shabby dwelling
beset by hunger and cold (idiom) / starving and freezing / in desperate poverty
lechery springs from warmth and nourishment, kleptomania springs from hunger and cold (idiom)
the north frigid zone
(old) impoverished scholar
chilly weather / (loanword from Japanese) agar-agar
winter clothing
to warm oneself / to expel the cold (TCM)
lower Cambrian series (geological strata from approx 530 million years ago)
a shiver
to escape the cold by going on a winter holiday
murine typhus
the Cambrian explosion
Hanting district of Weifang city 濰坊市|潍坊市, Shandong
of humble origin
fine hair on the human body
hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty
(bird species of China) western jackdaw; Eurasian jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
(idiom) (of early spring weather) alternating between warm and cold
it's lonely at the top (idiom)
the Cambrian explosion
poor / underprivileged / (of weather) crisp and clear
to be scared out of one's wits
to fear / to be terrified
desolate and cold / frozen wastes
lower Cambrian (geological period approx 530 million years ago)
murine typhus fever
cold snap during the spring
wind chill / cold weather / common cold (medicine)
cold pillow and lonely bed (idiom); fig. cold and solitary existence
Hanting district of Weifang city 濰坊市|潍坊市, Shandong
murine typhus fever
(bird species of China) Daurian jackdaw (Coloeus dauuricus)
to dispel cold (TCM)
variant of 一曝十寒
variant of 寒磣|寒碜


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