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夏季

xià jì · xia ji

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  1. summer
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Favourite season

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)最(zuì)喜欢(xǐhuan)哪个(nǎge)季节(jìjié)？

    Which season do you like best?

  2. Liangliang

    夏季(xiàjì)！夏季(xiàjì)可以(kěyǐ)吃(chī)冰淇淋(bīngqílín)。

    Summer! In summer you can eat ice cream.

  3. Dengdeng

    冬季(dōngjì)就(jiù)不能(bùnéng)吃(chī)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Can't you eat it in winter?

  4. Liangliang

    冬季(dōngjì)也(yě)能(néng)吃(chī)，可是(kěshì)一(yī)拿(ná)在(zài)手里(shǒulǐ)，手(shǒu)就(jiù)冰(bīng)了(le)。

    You can in winter too, but once I hold it, my hand goes icy.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)夏季(xiàjì)呢(ne)？

    And in summer?

  6. Liangliang

    夏季(xiàjì)拿(ná)不到(bùdào)三分钟(sānfēnzhōng)，冰淇淋(bīngqílín)就(jiù)化(huà)在(zài)手上(shǒushàng)了(le)。

    In summer, within three minutes the ice cream melts on my hand.

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2 examples
01

威(wēi)尼(ní)斯(sī)的(de)圣(shèng)马(mǎ)可(kě)广(guǎng)场(chǎng)在(zài)夏(xià)季(jì)总(zǒng)是(shì)挤(jǐ)满(mǎn)了(le)游(yóu)客(kè)。

St Mark's Square in Venice is always swarming with tourists in the summer.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

意(yì)大(dà)利(lì)到(dào)了(le)夏(xià)季(jì)，21点(diǎn)前(qián)是(shì)不(bú)会(huì)天(tiān)黑(hēi)的(de)。

In Italy, during summer, it doesn't get dark until about nine o'clock.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by shekitten · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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