避暑 (bì shǔ): to be away for the summer holidays; to spend a holiday at a summer resort; to prevent sunstroke

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HSK 7verb

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Pinyin
Meaning: to be away for the summer holidays; to spend a holiday at a summer resort; to prevent sunstroke
Characters: 2
Part of speech: verb
HSK level: HSK 7

Full definitions

to be away for the summer holidays
to spend a holiday at a summer resort
to prevent sunstroke

Chinese explanation

在炎热的夏天到凉快的地方去度过夏天，避开高温
也指为了躲避暑热而暂时离开原住地，去凉爽之处休息或度假。

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HSK 6

to avoid

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Example sentences

It's too hot this summer, so our whole family decided to go to Chengde to escape the heat and stay for a week.

Every July and August, my grandfather goes to his hometown in the mountains to escape the summer heat; it's cool there morning and evening.

Because she can't stand the heat, she took her child to a coastal city in the north to escape the summer heat and have a vacation at the same time.

The company gave us heat leave, so a few colleagues and I agreed to go to the mountains to escape the heat, hiking during the day and stargazing at night.

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