summer · CL: gè

xià tiān

x+ià·4th tonet+iān·1st tone

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In the summer I wear short-sleeved shirts.

夏天我穿短袖衬衫。

We spent happy days there all the summer.

整个夏天，我们在那里过得很愉快。

It gets very humid here in the summer. In the winter, on the other hand, it gets very dry.

这里的夏天很潮湿，另外，冬天很干燥。

Summers are very hot in Kyoto.

京都的夏天很热。

I'll never forget visiting Paris last summer.

我永远不会忘记去年夏天到訪巴黎的经历。

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