enter the dog days; begin the hot season
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
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to enter the dog days of summer; to mark the beginning of the hottest period of the year
Refers to the beginning of the 'sanfu' (三伏), the three periods of hottest summer weather in the traditional Chinese calendar, usually starting around mid-July.
Míng明
tiān天
jiù就
rù入
fú伏
le了
，
tiān天
qì气
huì会
yuè越
lái来
yuè越
rè热
。
Tomorrow marks the beginning of the dog days, and the weather will get hotter and hotter.
Jīn今
nián年
rù入
fú伏
bǐ比
wǎng往
nián年
zǎo早
le了
yī一
xiē些
。
This year the hot season began a bit earlier than usual.
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Rù入
fú伏
yǐ以
hòu后
，
dà大
jiā家
yào要
zhù注
yì意
fáng防
shǔ暑
jiàng降
wēn温
。
After entering the dog days, everyone needs to take precautions against heat stroke.