大暑

dàshǔ

noun

Meanings

HSK 3

大暑是一年中最热的时候。

Dàshǔ shì yì nián zhōng zuì rè de shíhou.

Greater Heat is the hottest time of the year.

HSK 5

大暑前后，南方常常连着好几天三十五度以上。

Dàshǔ qiánhòu, nánfāng chángcháng lián zhe hǎojǐ tiān sānshíwǔ dù yǐshàng.

Around Greater Heat the south often has several days in a row above 35 degrees.

usage

It comes about two weeks after 小暑 (Lesser Heat), as 大寒 comes after 小寒 in winter.

culture

The first of its three five-day pentads is 腐草为萤, "rotting grass turns into fireflies": the old belief that fireflies hatched from decaying plants.

大 dà

暑 shǔ