yē

暍

Character · Noun

heatstroke; sunstroke

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples

noun

archaic

A classical/literary term for heatstroke caused by exposure to intense summer heat. Rarely used in modern colloquial speech, where 中暑 is preferred.

Xià夏

yuè月

yē暍

sǐ死

。

In summer months, they died of heatstroke.

Xíng行

rì日

zhōng中

，

yē暍

ér而

chuǎn喘

。

Walking under the midday sun, they suffered from heatstroke and panted heavily.

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Cǐ此

yē暍

jí疾

yě也

，

dāng当

yǐ以

qīng清

liáng凉

zhī之

yào药

zhì治

zhī之

。

This is heatstroke disease; it should be treated with cooling medicine.