created sense approved 夏畦 · xiàqí · to work in the fields in summer — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
夏畦
xiàqí
to work in the fields in summer
(literary) to work hard in the fields during the hot summer; often used as a metaphor for toiling in labor
xiàxī
夏 (literal) → 夏 · xià · summer 畦 (literal) → 畦 · qí · small plot
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 夏畦 · xiàqí · to flatter — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
夏畦
xiàqí
to flatter
(literary) to fawn over or flatter others; originally from a passage in Mencius comparing the physical strain of forced laughter to the exhaustion of working in summer fields
xiàxī
夏 (literal) → 夏 · xià · summer 畦 (literal) → 畦 · qí · small plot
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition