冬 天 winter / CL:個|个[ge4] 冬 季 dōng jì winter 冬 令 dōng lìng winter / winter climate 四 季 sì jì four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1] 寒 假 hán jià winter vacation 严 寒 yán hán bitter cold / severe winter 冬 奥 会 dōng ào huì Winter Olympics 冬 至 Dōng zhì Winter Solstice, 22nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 / 22nd December-5th January 四 时 sì shí the four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1] 冻 死 dòng sǐ to freeze to death / to die off in winter 过 冬 guò dōng to get through the winter 越 冬 yuè dōng to pass the winter / to overwinter / to live through the winter 严 冬 yán dōng severe winter 布 达 拉 宫 Bù dá lā gōng Potala, winter palace of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet 初 冬 chū dōng early winter 隆 冬 lóng dōng midwinter / the depth of winter 冬 菇 dōng gū donko shiitake mushroom, a prized type of shiitake (Lentinula edodes) cultivated in winter, with thick flesh and partially open cap 冬 笋 dōng sǔn winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil) 迎 春 花 yíng chūn huā winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum) 立 冬 Lì dōng Lidong or Start of Winter, 19th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 / 7th-21st November 冬 衣 dōng yī winter clothes 寒 蝉 hán chán cicada in winter / fig. mournful sound 防 寒 服 fáng hán fú overcoat / down jacket / winter wear 寒 衣 hán yī winter clothing 避 寒 bì hán to escape the cold by going on a winter holiday 数 九 shǔ jiǔ nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year 瑞 香 ruì xiāng winter daphne 冬 闲 dōng xián slack winter season (farming) 狩 to hunt / to go hunting (as winter sport in former times) / hunting dog / imperial tour 埃 尔 金 Aī ěr jīn James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China who ordered the looting and destruction of the Old Winter Palace Yuanmingyuan 圓明園|圆明园 / in 1860 / Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841), who stole the Parthenon Marbles in 1801-1810 冬 宫 Dōng gōng Winter Palace (St Petersburg) / Hermitage Museum 核 冬 天 hé dōng tiān nuclear winter 三 九 天 sān jiǔ tiān the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed to be the coldest days of the year 交 九 jiāo jiǔ the coldest period of the year / three nine day periods after the winter solstice 冬 夏 dōng xià winter and summer 冬 至 点 Dōng zhì diǎn the winter solstice 冬 运 会 dōng yùn huì winter games 季 冬 jì dōng final month of winter (i.e. twelfth month of lunar calendar) 封 河 期 fēng hé qī freezing over of river in winter 数 九 天 shǔ jiǔ tiān nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year 数 九 寒 天 shǔ jiǔ hán tiān nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year 日 至 rì zhì solstice / the winter solstice 冬至 / and summer solstice 夏至 春 夏 秋 冬 chūn xià qiū dōng the four seasons / spring, summer, autumn and winter 春 生 ， 夏 长 ， 秋 收 ， 冬 藏 chūn shēng , xià zhǎng , qiū shōu , dōng cáng sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom) 昼 短 夜 长 zhòu duǎn yè cháng the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom) 短 至 duǎn zhì the winter solstice 红 姑 娘 hóng gū niang Chinese lantern plant / winter cherry / strawberry ground-cherry / Physalis alkekengi 酸 浆 suān jiāng Chinese lantern plant / winter cherry / strawberry ground-cherry / Physalis alkekengi 静 若 寒 蝉 jìng ruò hán chán as quiet as a cicada in winter (idiom) 额 尔 金 E2 ěr jīn James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China who ordered the looting and destruction of the Old Winter Palace Yuanmingyuan 圓明園|圆明园 / in 1860 / Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841), who stole the Parthenon Marbles in 1801-1810 冬 季 作 战 能 力 dōng jì zuò zhàn néng lì winter warfare capability 联 合 国 紧 急 冬 季 救 济 项 目 United Nations Emergency Winter Relief Project 南 极 冬 季 平 流 层 绕 极 涡 旋 winter Antarctic stratospheric circumpolar vortex 南 飞 过 冬 nán fēi guò dōng (of birds) to migrate south for the winter 冬 病 夏 治 dōng bìng xià zhì to treat winter diseases in the summer (TCM) 冬 耕 dōng gēng winter plowing 冰 墩 墩 Bīng Dūn dūn Bing Dwen Dwen (mascot of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, a panda wearing a bodysuit of transparent ice) 冬 残 奥 会 Dōng Cán ào huì Winter Paralympics 春 酒 chūn jiǔ banquet to celebrate the Spring Festival / wine made in spring and kept until winter, or made in winter and kept until spring
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