美国俚语集锦

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美国俚语集锦

美国俚语集锦

1. apple-polisher 马屁精. 例如：She is a real

apple-polisher for the way she's crawling around the boss and

making eyes at him.她是一个马屁精，整天围着老板眉来眼去的。

2. as busy as a bee （象蜜蜂）忙忙碌碌的

3. as graceful as a swan （象天鹅）姿态优雅的

4. as gentle as a lamb （象羊羔）性情温顺的

5. as cunning as a fox （象狐狸）一样狡猾的

6. as poor as a church mouse 一贫如洗

7. I'm beat. 我非常疲乏。

8. beat gums 空洞无物、废话连篇的讲话

9. bell the cat 为众人的利益承担风险

10. black sheep 害之马

11. Buddy, where is john？ 要上厕所?

12. Bungee jumping 蹦极跳

13. Stop bugging me, man! 喂，别烦我了。

14. blue collar 蓝领

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15. white collar 白领

16. pink collar 粉领族（指和蓝领体力工人相当的女性工人）

17. gold-collar workers 金领族（一般都有一技之长，对公司工作的方方面面都十分了解，甚至对公司的利润大小和收益都有直接的重要影响。他们的工作环境优雅，职业体面，有着丰厚的收入和稳固的经济地位）

18. dog-eared books 读得卷了边的书

19. dog sleep 不时惊醒的睡眠

20. dog-tired 像狗一样的累

21. dog watch 夜班

22. old dog 上了岁数的人、老手

23. a sly dog 偷鸡摸狗者

24. a yellow dog 狗、卑鄙可耻的小人

25. a big dog 看门狗、保镖；要人

26. You're a lucky dog! 你真是个幸运儿！

27. hot dog 热狗

28. dog nose 啤酒与杜松子酒的混合酒

29. a dog in a blanket 葡萄卷饼或卷布丁

30. as faithful as a dog 像狗一般的忠诚，在西方文化中，狗是"忠实、卖力、辛劳"的化身，

31. He that lies down with dogs must rise up with flea. 近朱者.

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32. A good dog deserves a good bone. 西方人论功行赏时常说"好狗应有好骨头"

33. a dog in the manger 占着马槽（不拉屎）

34. Honey, I forget to duck. 亲爱的，我忘记闪开了。

35. eat crow 由于夸大其词或过分自信，最后不得不承认错误。

36. eat his words 食言

37. out at elbows 捉襟见肘

38. elbow one's way 用胳膊肘挤来挤去为自己开道

39. get a black eye 被别人打青了眼睛

40. mind your eye 叫别人当心

41. blink our eyes 眨眼睛

42. flash our eyes at sth. 瞟一眼

43. make eyes 抛媚眼

44. cast sheep's eye 暗送秋波

45. You have an eye for something. 有眼光有见解

46. finely arched eyebrows 纤细的弓形眉

47. pencil the eyebrows 描眉

48. eyebrow pencil 眉笔

49. rough bushy eyebrows 浓密的粗眉

50. eyelash grower 睫毛膏

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51. eyelash curler 卷睫毛器

52. without turning an eyelash 泰然自若，不动声

53. not bat an eyelid 没合眼睡觉

54. not bat an eyelid 对事情泰然自若

55. hang on by the eyelids 事情危在旦夕

56. face the music 不得不接受惩罚、承担后果，必须承受出现的局面

57. a matter of face 面子攸关的事情

58. lose face 丢面子 例如：He knew he was wrong, but he

would not admit it for fear of losing face. (他知道自己错了，但却不肯承认错误，因为怕失去面子。)

59. save one's face 挽回面子

60. pull a long face 拉长了脸

61. make a face at you 对你做个鬼脸

62. have the face 厚颜无耻.例如：I'm so surprised that you

have the face to do so! (你怎么有脸做出这样的事！)

63. cold fish 态度冷冰冰，没有热情的人。

64. drink like a fish 牛饮

65. flats 平跟鞋

66. footfall 客流量 例如：We strive to show booksellers

what we are doing to support them and

67. drive footfall into their stores. (我们要努力向图书商展示.

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我们将如何支持他们，并使更多的客人进入他们的商店。 )

68. green eyed 嫉妒

69. green finger（thumb）?把大伙干不好的活都干得漂漂亮亮.

例如：A person with green finger has a magic touch that makes

plants grow well and quickly. (长着绿手指的人是有魔法的，只要他一碰，植物就长的又快又好。)

70. green hand 生手. 例如： I'm still green at my job.(我依然是个新手。)

71. green light 允许、许可.例如： I'm only waiting for the

green light from you. (我在等您的允许。)

72. green revolution 绿革命 .例如：These developing

countries produced enough food to serve their people after

73. green revolution. (绿革命后，这些发展中国家就生产出足够的粮食来满足国民的需要。)

74. the green years 青春年华

75. He is ripe in years but green in heart. 形容某人是老当益壮

76. lose your heart to someone 和某人谈恋爱

77. lack heart 缺乏勇气

78. win your heart 赢得你的心

79. broken heart 破碎的心

80. heart of stone 石头心肠

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81. pour out your heart 倾吐你的心事

82. have a heart 可怜可怜你

83. his heart in the right place 他的心肠是很好的

84. not to wear your heart on your sleeve 不要太情绪化

85. Don't take the failure to your heart. 别为失败而难过

86. lose heart 失去信心

87. your heart of gold 金子般的心，美好心灵

88. write a letter to her and declared your heart. 写信表达爱慕之情

89. Don't let your heart get cold. 不要让你的热情冷却下来

90. a man after her own heart 正和她心意的人

91. put your heart at rest 放下心来

92. straight from the horse's mouth 来自权威和可靠的消息。

93. I was welcomed with open arms. 我被热烈欢迎。

94. Jargon 行话

95. keep a good house 招待周到. 例如：I haven't got a good

house, but I'll keep a good house.(我没有好的房子，但我会招待周到的。)

96. kill someone with kindness 热情的让人受不了

97. know sth. like the palm of one's hand 了如指掌

98. lashes 睫毛

99. lead a cat-and-dog life 过着不和睦的、敌对的生活。

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100. lead a double life 婚外恋、婚外情

101. leather boots 皮靴

102. love at first sight 一见钟情

103. lummox 傻大个儿. 例如：The lummox has

loused up their company's whole business.(那个傻大个儿把公司买卖搞的一团糟.

104. lean meat 瘦肉

105. fat meat 肥肉

106. salted meat 咸肉

107. fresh meat 鲜肉

108. smoked meat (bacon) 熏肉

109. strong meat 难以消化的食品，难理解的事物

110. grill the meat 在烤架上把肉烤得滋滋冒油

111. fry the meat 把肉炒一下

112. a meaty book 一本有实际内容的好书

113. you young monkey 小淘气鬼

114. Stop monkeying with my camera! 别摆弄我的相机！

115. make a mokey (out) of 愚弄、耍弄.例如：You

suddenly realized that you had been made a monkey (out) of by

your opponents. (你就会突然发现自己被对手给耍了。 )

116. monkey business 耍些骗人的把戏、捣鬼. 例如：.

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You suspected monkey business at the polls.(你怀疑选举投票中有鬼。)

117. Monkey 代表500美元 .例如：He won a monkey

at the horse races. (他在跑马中赢了500美元。)

118. Nature calls 要上厕所。

119. pain in the neck 讨厌、恶心.例如：You gave me

an awful pain in the neck.(你真让我觉得讨厌。)

120. up to one's neck 忙的不可开交

121. break one's neck 努力地、拼命地做事. 例如：I'm

really up to my neck in my work today, I couldn't get away from

the office

122. till 6:30. So I had to break my neck to get to my

sister's engagement party at 7 o'clock.(我今天忙得不可开交，因为我不能6：30下班，所以我必须拼命地做事才能参加我妹妹7：00的订婚宴会。)

123. save one's neck 免受苦难或惩罚. 例如：The

fighter planes saved our necks. (空军的战斗机保全了我们的生命。)

124. crane one's neck to see sth. 伸长脖子看什么东西

125. never say uncle 嘴硬，不肯服输、不肯承认。例如：I refused to say uncle no matter how they threatened me.

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(无论他们怎样吓唬我，我都不肯服输。)

126. Tom never says uncle. He wouldn't admit he's wrong

for the life of him.(汤姆的嘴特硬，打死都不肯承认错误。)

127. nitpicker 爱吹毛求疵的人（nitpicker means a

kind of person who always criticizes

128. others by noticing small and unimportant

differences）

129. one track-minded 单轨思维，大脑不灵活，缺乏灵活的思维能力.例如：If you are a track-minded person, you

will not understand what I intend. (如果你是一根筋的人，你就无法领会我的意图了。 )

130. one's cup of tea 某人喜欢的事情. 例如：That's

not my cup of tea. (那不是我喜欢的事。)

131. I hope you'll soon be in the pink again. 我希望你早点恢复健康。

132. play the woman 撒娇

133. pupil 瞳孔

134. his right man 他的得力助手

135. The Last Rose of Summer 夏天的最后一朵玫瑰

136. The Way-Side Rose 路边的玫瑰

137. the rose of the party 晚会上最美丽、最引人注目的女孩

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138. Everything is comimg up roses. 自己经历的每件事都非常顺利、圆满.

139. Life is not all roses. 人生并不是十全十美。

140. No rose without a thorn. 没有不带刺的玫瑰；

141. rosy view 乐观看法

142. rosy prospect 美好前景

143. have roses in your cheeks 面红润

144. sandals 凉鞋

145. set the world on fire 一些震撼世界的杰出成就

146. platform shoes 厚底鞋

147. lace up your shoes 系鞋带

148. common as an old shoe 不摆架子，平易近人

149. be in another's shoes 处于别人的位置

150. die in shoes 暴死街头

151. My shoes bite (me). 鞋子穿了脚疼

152. hiking shoes 旅游鞋

153. sports shoes (sneakers) 运动鞋

154. for a song 很便宜. 例如：I bought this house for

a song.(我以很便宜的价格卖了这座房子。)

155. soul mate 性情相同的人、精神上的伙伴、性情相同. 例如：I wouldn't marry anyone until I run into a soul mate

of mine. (碰不到性情相同的人决不结婚。)

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156. It's a steal! 真便宜

157. stew 用小火慢慢地炖

158. sticky business 让人左右为难的事情

159. two-faced 两面派. 例如：How could he be so

two-faced? 他怎么能这么阴一套阳一套的？

160. in hot water 处在困境之中

161. in smooth water 进入顺境

162. spend money like water 花钱大手大脚

163. pour cold water on your idea 向你的这个想法浇点冷水

164. wedge heel 坡跟鞋

165. wolf down his food 狼吞虎咽地吃东西

166. cry wolf 谎言欺人. 例如：That politician cries

wolf in every speech he makes.(那个政治家在他的每篇演说中都发出的警报。

167. from the word go 立刻，马上. 例如：When

Mary and I met, I was dazzled. But I learned right away we had

nothing in common. I knew from the word go it wouldn't work

no matter how beautiful she was。(当我和玛丽初次见面时，我被她迷住了。但很快我知道我们没有任何共同之处。我马上意识到不管她有多么漂 亮，我们之间都不会有结果

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英语一百个绝佳句型

1.I'm an office worker. 我是上班族。

2.I work for the government. 我在政府机关做事。

3.I'm happy to meet you. 很高兴见到你。

4.I like your sense of humor. 我喜欢你的幽默感。

5.I'm glad to see you again. 很高兴再次见到你。

6.I'll call you. 我会打电话给你。

7.I feel like sleeping / taking a walk. 我想睡/散步。

8.I want something to eat. 我想吃点东西。

9.I need your help. 我需要你的帮助。

10.I would like to talk to you for a minute. 我想和你谈一下。

11.I have a lot of problems. 我有很多问题。

12.I hope our dreams come true. 我希望我们的梦想成真。

13.I'm looking forward to seeing you. 我期望见到你。 hearing from you

14.I'm supposed to go on a diet / get a raise. 我应该节食/涨工资。

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15.I heard that you're getting married. Congratulations.听说你要结婚了，恭喜！

16.I see what your mean. 我了解你的意思。

17.I can't do this. 我不能这么做。

me explain why I was late. 让我解释迟到的理由。

's have a beer or something. 咱们喝点啤酒什么的。

is your office? 你们的办公室在哪？

is your plan? 你的计划是什么？

is the store closing? 这家店什么时候结束营业？

you sure you can come by at nine? 你肯定你九点能来吗？

I allowed to stay out past 10? 我可以十点过后再回家吗？

meeting was scheduled for two hours, but it is

not over yet. 会议原定了两个小时，不过现在还没有结束。

's birthday is this week. 汤姆的生日就在这个星期。

you care to see it / sit down for a while? 你要不要看/坐一会呢？

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you cover for me on Friday / help me / tell me

how to get there? 星期五能不能请你替我个班/你能帮我吗/你能告诉我到那里怎么走吗？

you do me a big favor? 能否请你帮我个忙？give me a hand

is crazy about Crazy English. 他对疯狂英语很着迷。

you imagine how much he paid for that car?

你能想象他买那车花了多少钱吗？

you believe that I bought a TV for $25? 你能相信我花25美元买了一台电视机吗？

you know he was having an affair / cheating on

his wife? 你知道他有外遇了吗？/欺骗他的妻子吗？

you hear about the new project? 你知道那个新项目吗？

you realize that all of these shirts are half off?

你知道这些衬衫都卖半价了吗？

you mind if I take tomorrow off? 你介意我明天请假吗？

37.I enjoy working with you very much. 我很喜欢和你一起工作。

you know that Stone ended up marrying his

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secretary? 你知道吗？斯通最终和他的秘书结婚了。

's get together for lunch. 让我们一起吃顿午餐吧。

did you do on your test?你这次考试的结果如何？

you think you can come? 你认为你能来吗？

was your weekend ? 你周末过得怎么样？

is my card. 这是我的名片。

is used to eating out all the time. 他已经习惯在外面吃饭了。

45.I'm getting a new computer for birthday present.

我得到一台电脑作生日礼物。

you ever driven a BMW? 你有没有开过“宝马”？

about if we go tomorrow instead? 我们改成明天去怎么样？

do you like Hong Kong? 你喜欢香港吗？

do you want your steak? 你的牛排要几分熟？

did the game turn out? 球赛结果如何？

did Mary make all of her money? 玛丽所有的钱是怎么赚到的？

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was your date? 你的约会怎么样？

are you doing with your new boss? 你跟你的新上司处得如何？

should I tell him the bad news? 我该如何告诉他这个坏消息？

much money did you make?你赚了多少钱？

much does it cost to go abroad? 出国要多少钱？

long will it take to get to your house? 到你家要多久？

long have you been here?你在这里多久了？

nice/pretty/cold/funny/stupid/boring/interesting.

about going out for dinner? 出去吃晚餐如何？

61.I'm sorry that you didn't get the job. 很遗憾，你没有得到那份工作。

62.I'm afraid that it's not going to work out. 我恐怕这事不会成的。

63.I guess I could come over. 我想我能来。

it OK to smoke in the office? 在办公室里抽烟可以吗？

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was kind of exciting. 有点剌激。

66.I know what you want. 我知道你想要什么。

that why you don't want to go home? 这就是你不想回家的原因吗？

68.I'm sure we can get you a great / good deal. 我很肯定我们可以帮你做成一笔好交易。

you help me with the report? 你愿意帮我写报告吗？

70.I didn't know he was the richest person in the world.我不知道他是世界上最有钱的人。

71.I'll have to ask my boss / wife first.我必须先问一下我的老板/老婆。

72.I take it you don't agree. 这么说来，我认为你是不同意。

73.I tried losing weight, but nothing worked. 我曾试着减肥，但是毫无效果。

doesn't make any sense to get up so early.那么早起来没有任何意义。

took years of hard work to speak good English.

讲一口流利的英语需要多年的刻苦操练。

76．It feels like spring / I've been here before. 感觉好象春天到了/我以前来过这里。

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77．I wonder if they can make it. 我在想他们是不是能办得到。

78．It's not as cold / hot as it was yesterday. 今天不象昨天那么冷/热。

79. It's not his work that bothers me; it's his attitude.

困扰我的不是他的工作，而是他的态度。

80. It sounds like you enjoyed it. 听起来你好象蛮喜欢的。 taste feel

seems to me that he would like to go back home.

我觉得他好象想要回家。 homesick

looks very nice. 看起来很漂亮。

everything under control? 一切都在掌握之中吗？

84.I thought you could do a better job. 我以为你的表现会更好。

's time for us to say “No” to

America. 是我们对美国说不的时候了。

show is supposed to be good. 这场表演应当是相当好的。

really depends on who is in charge. 那纯粹要看谁负责了。

involves a lot of hard work. 那需要很多的辛勤.

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工作。

might be in your favor. 那可能对你有利。

90.I didn't realize how much this meant to you. 我不知道这个对你的意义有这么大。

91.I didn't mean to offend you. 我不是故意冒犯你。

92.I was wondering if you were doing anything this

weekend. 我想知道这个周末你有什么要做。

I have your attention., please? 请大家注意一下。

is great golfing / swimming / picnic weather.

这是个打高尔夫球/游泳/野餐的好天气。

for taking me the movie. 谢谢你带我去看电影。

96.I am too tired to speak. 我累得说不出活来。

you tell me your phone number? 你能告诉我你的电话号码吗？

did you learn to speak English?你从哪里学会说英语的呢？

is a TV show about AIDS on right now. 电视正在播放一个关于爱滋病的节目。

do you think of his new job / this magazine?

你对他的新工作/这本杂志看法如何？。

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必背五十句户外经典英语口语

1 Great minds think alike. (英雄所见略同，这句做第一句最合适不过了，

不过最好翻译成英雄和美女所见略同，嘿嘿)

2 Get going!（赶快动身吧，用在开始行动时） 3 We've got

to hit the road.（我们要赶快了，和上一句用法相同，hit the road表现出紧急，很形象）

4 I can't place his face。（碰见帅哥或者美眉给你打招呼而你不记得他她是谁，这时可以用这个句子）

5 Once bitten , twice shy（一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳）

6 look at the big picture（一大局为重，在发生分歧之时可以用这句话来让每个人都三思）

7 I'm exhausted.（筋疲力尽，对新驴懒惰如偶很少锻炼的人来说这句肯定有用）

8 I've got my second wind.（短暂休息后精力得以恢复，此时可用这个句子，意思是我的体力恢复了）

9 My stomach is growling.（对于偶这样可以把任何一次活动都变成野炊郊游的人来说，此行最重要的一部分当然是吃了，这句意思是我的肚子呱呱叫了，很饿）

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10 Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings.（既然很饿，那就饥不择食了）

11 ~~~~is now in season.（正是吃````的好季节，比如西瓜，草莓，苹果桃子什么的）

12 Let's grab a bite to eat（让我们赶紧吃点东西吧，一般指时间很紧）

13 This food is out of the world（此食只应天上有，人间哪得几回吃）

14 What a bummer!（太扫兴了，原以为会来很多帅哥，结果却坐了一车美女，这时可以偷偷用一下这句话）

15 First things first （要紧的事情先做，很多场合可以用到）

16 it's just my cup of tea（正合偶的口味，指人，事等等）

17 Take it easy. easy dose it.（老驴对新驴这样说，慢慢来，别着急）

18 Do as i said（老驴对新驴说：照我说的做，有的时候抢匪也爱用这句，嘿嘿）

19 Let's roll up our sleeves.（大家一起干吧，卷起袖子不就是要大干一场吗）

20 Put it in my hands.（对于一个懒惰的，笨笨的，象偶一样的新驴有的时候也可以帮帮忙嘛，比如盛饭这样的小事偶就可以说：交给偶好了）

21 It's a short-cut.（这是条近路）

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22 I'll keep my fingers crossed for you（偶将为你祈祷，比如爬山过河的时候）

23 One boy is a boy; two boys half boy;three boys no boy.

（一个和尚挑水吃，两个和尚抬水吃，三个和尚没水吃，领队GG可以用这样的话教育偶们要团结，要互相帮助，嘿嘿）

24 Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.（不要杞人忧天，嘿嘿，偶最喜欢的一句话）

25 Did you get the picture（你明白了没有？老驴给新驴讲解完毕后可以用这句话）

26 Be back in 30 minutes!（还是为领队GG准备的，一定要在三十分钟内回来）

27 One more hour to go.（新驴走啊走，看不到头，问老驴还要走多远，老驴可以用此句）

28 Time is running out.（没时间了。）

29 To the best of my knowlege~~~~~~（就偶所知，老驴传授经验的开场白）

30 As far as i know, ~~~~~~~~~~~~（同上）

31 Don't let me down.（别让偶失望，新驴问老驴问题是可以用，老驴让新驴实践时可以用，你饿了半天问别人要吃的时候也可以用）

32 You'll get it soon.（老驴说：你也很快会的）

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33 Pick up the pace.（快点）

34 You are really something.）（新驴对老驴的赞美：你真了不起）

35 You are something else.（同上）

36 How did you manage to do that（你是怎样做到的？新驴对老驴的景仰）

37 I can't believe my eyes.（简直不敢相信自己的眼睛，还有这样美丽的地方，或者还有这样美丽的新驴MM，嘿嘿）

38 It was really neat!（太棒了）

39 I'm dying for a coke.（我真想喝杯可乐，想死了。当然你也可以把coke换成wife，bf，cigarette什么的）

40 wine in, truth out.（尤其是在可以喝酒的时候，可以用到，酒后吐真言）

41 I can't carry a tune.（偶五音不全，不过此次活动请大家慎用，因为你五音不全就意味着也许你要跳舞给大家看）

42 If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.（你在这里做到了在一切地方就都能做到）

43 My hands are sweaty.（我很紧张，手心都出汗了，比如让你第一次攀岩，或者是当众表演节目）

44 I've got a butterfly in my stomach.（同上，与汉语心头小鹿撞异曲同工）

45 No way （没门）

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46 it's a piece of cakeit's a snap.（小菜一碟）

47 Go for it.（试一试）

48 ~~~~is driving me up a wall.（偶快被逼疯了，比如蚊子和野外的骄阳，寒风等等）

49 Anything you say.（偶听你的。很乖巧的一句话，新驴必背）

50 I'm already locked into something else.（说了这么多结果你有别的事没法去了？没关系，着句就给你的，我已经有别的是要做了)

二十四节气 The 24 Solar Terms:

立春 Spring begins.

雨水 The rains.

惊蛰 Insects awaken.

春分 Vernal Equinox

清明 Clear and bright.

谷雨 Grain rain.

立夏 Summer begins.

小满 Grain buds.

芒种 Grain in ear.

夏至 Summer solstice.

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小暑 Slight heat.

大暑 Great heat.

立秋 Autumn begins.

处暑 Stopping the heat.

白露 White dews.

秋分 Autumn Equinox.

寒露 Cold dews.

霜降 Hoar-frost falls.

立冬 Winter begins.

小雪 Light snow.

大雪 Heavy snow.

冬至 Winter Solstice.

小寒 Slight cold.

大寒 Great cold.

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