如今暑气正盛
“With the heat at its peak now,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Monks often bathe in cold water.”
如今 暑气 正盛
“With the heat at its peak now,”
忽冷忽热
“sudden changes in temperature,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional Chinese thought and medicine, extreme seasonal conditions like midsummer heat combined with cold water shocks are closely scrutinized when diagnosing sudden death.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
nowadays; at present
A literary or formal term for 'now' commonly heard in period dramas and written Chinese.
the summer heat is at its peak
A poetic, formal four-character collocation used to describe midsummer heat.