sānxià

三夏

Word · Noun

summer farming; three summer months

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Meanings

2 senses · 7 examples
1.

noun

the three summer farming tasks: harvesting, planting, and field management

technical

Agricultural term referring to the busy summer farming season, typically involving wheat harvest, rice planting, and crop management.

Mù目
qián前
zhèng正
zhí值
sān三
xià夏
dà大
máng忙
jì季
jié节
 。

Currently it is the busy summer farming season.

Nóng农
mín民
men们
quán全
lì力
yǐ以
fù赴
zhuā抓
hǎo好
sān三
xià夏
shēng生
chǎn产
 。

Farmers are going all out to manage summer farming production well.

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Sān三
xià夏
shì是
zhǐ指
xià夏
shōu收
 、
xià夏
zhòng种
hé和
xià夏
guǎn管
 。

The three summers refers to summer harvest, summer planting, and summer management.

2.

noun

the three months of summer; (specifically) the third month of summer (the sixth lunar month)

literary

Literary usage. Can refer to the summer season generally or specifically to the sixth lunar month.

Sān三
xià夏
zhī之
shí时
 ,
cǎo草
mù木
cōng葱
lóng茏
 。

During the three summer months, vegetation is lush and green.

Shí时
zhí值
sān三
xià夏
 ,
kù酷
shǔ暑
nán难
nài耐
 。

It is the three summer months, and the heat is unbearable.

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Gǔ古
rén人
yǐ以
sān三
xià夏
wéi为
shēng生
zhǎng长
zhī之
jì季
 。

The ancients regarded the three summer months as the season of growth.

Nóng农
lì历
liù六
yuè月
yòu又
chēng称
wéi为
sān三
xià夏
 。

The sixth lunar month is also called the third summer.