"awakening of insects" solar term (approx. March 6, the day on which hibernating insects are said to come out of the ground)
vernal equinox; spring equinox
pure and clear; "clear and bright" solar term (approx. April 5)
"grain rain" solar term (approx. April 20)
first day of summer (approx. May 6)
"grain full" solar term (approx. May 21)
"grain in ear" solar term (approx. June 6, when awns begin to grow on grains)
"minor heat" solar term (approx. July 7)
blistering heat; "major heat" solar term (approx. July 23)
first day of autumn (approx. August 8); first day of fall
"limit of heat" solar term (approx. August 23, when the weather is said to start cooling down)
glistening dew; "white dew" solar term (approx. September 8)
autumnal equinox; autumn equinox; fall equinox
late-autumn or early-winter dew; "cold dew" solar term (approx. October 8)
"frost descent" solar term (approx. October 23)
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
first day of winter (approx. November 8)
heavy snow; "major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)
"minor cold" solar term (approx. January 6)
(time of) extreme cold; "major cold" solar term (approx. January 20, roughly the coldest time of the year)
to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
celebratory banquet; feast
in history; ever; historical
possession; retention; maintenance
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
detention pending trial; confinement; custody
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
cause for headaches; pain in the neck; source of worry
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
loss; defeat; counter for losses
loser; defeated person; the defeated
very; extremely; excessively
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
ill will; malice; evil intent
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over