Word information
Simplified三伏
Traditional三伏
Pinyinsān fú
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三伏
sān fú · the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏[chu1 fu2], 中伏[zhong1 fu2] and 末伏[mo4 fu2], which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August
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三sān
surname San; three; 3
再三zàisānover and over again; again and again
此起彼伏cǐqǐ-bǐfúup here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession; no sooner one subsides, the next arises; repeating continuously; occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
丢三落四diūsān-làsìforgetful; empty-headed
接二连三jiē’èr-liánsān(idiom) one after another; in quick succession
举一反三jǔyī-fǎnsānto raise one and infer three; to deduce many things from one case (idiom)