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三伏天
  saam1 fuk6 tin1   jyutping
  san1 fu2 tian1   pinyin
three periods forming the hottest periods of summer, from mid-July to mid-August, namely: 初伏 (mid-July), 中伏 (late July to early August), 末伏 (mid-August)

The so-called "dog days" in English.
noun

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
三伏天

This word has been viewed 1666 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 2nd May 2010 07:20 and last edited on 2nd May 2010 07:27
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Characters in this word:

 saam1 saam3  -  three; several
 fuk6 buk6  -  to lie prostate; to lean over; to hide
 tin1  -  sky, heaven
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