"August" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 wēi yán dignified / imposing / august / awe-inspiring / awe / prestige / dignity
 wēi zhòng august / majestic
 Bā yuè August / eighth month (of the lunar year)
 bā yuè fèn August
 Huò fū màn Hofmann or Hoffman (name) / August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818-1892), German chemist / Dustin Hoffman (1937-), US film actor
 Lì qiū Liqiu or Start of Autumn, 13th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 / 7th-22nd August
 zūn róng august countenance / your face (usually mocking)
 sān fú the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏[chu1 fu2], 中伏[zhong1 fu2] and 末伏[mo4 fu2], which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August
 Dà shǔ Dashu or Great Heat, 12th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 / 23rd July-6th August
 huā zhāo yuè xī a beautiful day / cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August
 Nán chāng Qǐ yì Nanchang Uprising, 1st August 1927, the beginning of military revolt by the Communists in the Chinese Civil War
 bā yī wǔ 15th August / refers to Japanese surrender in WWII on 15th August 1945
 bā èr sān pào zhàn bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
 Bā yuè zhī Guāng Light in August (novel by William Faulkner 威廉·福克納|威廉·福克纳[Wei1 lian2 · / Fu2 ke4 na4])
 yuè xī Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August
 mò fú the third of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which typically runs over the middle ten days of August
 zhōng zhàn rì armistice day / cf Japan's surrender in WWII on 15th August 1945
 Jiě fàng rì Liberation Day / cf Japan's surrender on 15th August 1945, celebrated as Liberation Day in Korea
 Fú lù bèi ěr surname Fröbel or Froebel / Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel (1782-1852), German pedagogue
 dì yī yì dìng shū Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts / Protocol I
 dì sān yì dìng shū Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem / Protocol III
  Protocol to amend the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading of 25 August 1924 / Visby Rules
  August Plan of Action
  Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts / Protocol II
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