避暑 bìshǔ to be away for the summer holidays
to be away for the summer holidays; to spend a holiday at a summer resort; to prevent sunstroke
How to remember 避暑: 避 to avoid + 暑 hot = to be away for the summer holidays.
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How it is used
- 'To escape the summer heat' by going somewhere cool - 到山上避暑 (dào shān shàng bìshǔ) head to the mountains to beat the heat.
- A leisure/travel word; 避暑胜地 (bìshǔ shèngdì) = a summer resort. Also 'prevent heatstroke' in some contexts.
- Verb-object (避 avoid + 暑 heat); parallel to 避寒 (escape the cold).