今日小满 | 小得盈满，即是圆满
2024-05-20 09:58
The ancient Chinese valued the beauty of symmetry. Among the twenty-four solar terms, there is “Minor Heat” versus “Major Heat”, “Minor Snow” versus “Major Snow”, and “Minor Cold” versus “Greater Cold”. However, there is one exception - Grain Buds (Xiaoman, literally meaning “little full”).
- symmetry n. the exact match in size and shape between two halves, parts or sides of sth 对称
- 二十四节气 the twenty-four solar terms
- versus prep. 对
- 小暑 Minor Heat
- 大暑 Major Heat
- 小雪 Minor Snow
- 大雪 Major Snow
- 小寒 Minor Cold
- 大寒 Greater Cold
- 小满 Grain Buds (Xiaoman)
小满的名字反映了两种自然现象。
In the northern regions of China, it denotes the stage when the grains of wheat, along with other crops (harvested in the summer), are beginning to plump up but are not yet ripe. In the southern regions, it refers to rising water levels. As rainfall intensifies and the water levels of rivers and streams rise, it seems that rivers are becoming a little full.
- denote v. ~ sth | ~ what, when, etc. … to mean sth 表示；意指
- grain n. [U, C] the small hard seeds of food plants such as wheat, rice, etc; a single seed of such a plant 谷物；谷粒
- plump up to make something fuller or fatter 鼓起；变丰满
- ripe adj. (of fruit or crops ) fully grown and ready to be eaten 成熟的
- rainfall n. [U, sing.]the total amount of rain that falls in a particular area in a particular amount of time; an occasion when rain falls 降雨量；下雨
- intensify v. 降水增多
- 河流 rivers and streams
- 在我国北方地区，它指的是小麦等夏熟作物籽粒开始变得饱满、但还未成熟的状态；而在南方，它指的是水位线升高。（这个时节）随着降水增多，河流的水位线也升高，显得丰沛充盈。