小暑接大暑，热得无处躲，进入三伏天，命都是空调给的，大暑是一年中最热的日子，怎么用英语表达这个巨热的节气呢？

Major Heat is the 12th of the 24 solar terms of the Chinese lunar calendar and the last one of the summer. Major Heat normally marks the beginning of the hottest period.

大暑是中国农历24节气中的第12个节气，也是夏季的最后一个节气。大暑通常标志着最热时期的开始。

1. 大暑的气候特征

Like Minor Heat, many natural calamities such as floods, droughts and typhoons also happen during Major Heat. Therefore, it's important to harvest and plant in time to avoid setbacks caused by natural disasters.

和小暑节气一样，大暑期间也时常发生洪水、干旱和台风等自然灾害。因此，抓紧时间进行收获和播种，从而规避自然灾害造成的损失，是十分重要的。

It's a season with the highest temperature,  and also it is the most frequent time for drought. After this day, firefly comes out, soil gets more and more humid and heavy thunderstorm comes from time to time. The days around the "Major Heat" witness the blossom season of jasmines and lotuses.

这个季节是气温最高的时候，作物生长速度最快，干旱最频繁。大暑以后，萤火虫开始出现，泥土变得越来越湿润，时不时会迎来雷雨天气。“大暑”期间也是茉莉花和荷花开放的时节。

2. 大暑的节气习俗

斗蟋蟀

Cricket fighting is a popular pastime for some people in China during this period. The custom dates back more than 1,000 years to the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907).

“斗蟋蟀”是大暑时节流行的消遣方式。该习俗可追溯到一千多年前的唐代。

吃荔枝

Litchi is a nutritious fruit containing glucose and vitamins. People usually soak litchi in cold well water first and eat it. It is said that litchi during Major Heat is as nourishing as ginseng.

荔枝是一种营养丰富的水果，富含葡萄糖和维生素。人们经常将荔枝浸泡在冰凉的井水后食用。据说大暑期间的荔枝，营养价值堪比人参。

吃凤梨

There is a saying in Taiwan which goes, "Eating pineapples in Major Heat." During the period of Major Heat, pineapple tastes best.

我国台湾地区有“大暑吃凤梨”的俗语。而这一时期的凤梨，味道最佳。

吃烧仙草

With the amazing ability to quell the summer heat, grass jelly is described in a popular saying in Guangdong province that goes, "Eating herb jelly in Major Heat will make you stay young like the immortals."

烧仙草消暑效果惊人，广东有俗语写道 “六月大暑吃仙草，活如神仙不会老。”

大暑还有哪些谚语？

大暑热不透，大热在秋后

“If the hottest days don't come during the Major Heat, they will come in autumn.” When the Major Heat is not so hot as in previous years, people can prepare themselves for a rise in temperature following the Beginning of Autumn.

“大暑热不透，大热在秋后”，指的是如果大暑节气天气没有往年热，立秋过后很可能气温反而升高，可以提前做好应对暑热的准备。

大暑大雨，百日见霜

“大暑大雨，百日见霜”，指的是如果大暑前后下大雨，入秋后天气就会凉得比较快，百日以内就会结霜，提醒农人们提前规划好秋收工作。

“If it rains heavily during the Major Heat, we will see a frost within a hundred days.” If there is heavy rain around the Major Heat, the temperature will go down quickly when autumn comes, and the first frost will set within a hundred days. This proverb reminds farmers to plan ahead for the autumn harvest.

大暑，一年中最绚烂耀眼的日子，也是一年中最热烈张扬的时光，人生需要一些“大暑”的时刻，有几分炙热，就给梦想添几分颜色！