xià​qí

to work in the fields in summer

  • created sense approved 夏畦 · xià​qí · to work in the fields in summer — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    夏畦

    xià​qí

    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

    xià​xī

    夏 (literal) → 夏 · xià · summer 畦 (literal) → 畦 · qí · small plot

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  • created sense approved 夏畦 · xià​qí · to flatter — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    夏畦

    xià​qí

    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

    xià​xī

    夏 (literal) → 夏 · xià · summer 畦 (literal) → 畦 · qí · small plot

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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