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| Processed by: | richwarm (2023-07-02 23:26:26 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 74023 - submitted by 'becky82' >> We talked about this at the Chinese Stack Exchange https://chinese.stackexchange.com/q/54720/8099 It seems 气候 doesn't really mean "atmosphere". The closest example was 政治气候 = "political climate" which arguably might also be translated to "political atmosphere". It really is a stretch to say 气候 means "atmosphere", though. ----------------------------------------------- Editor: "atmosphere" has five senses in Merriam-Webster, for example, and the one that best matches 氣候 is #3: "a surrounding influence or environment" (which would be quite apt as a definition for the figurative sense of 氣候). As a matter of fact, Grand Ricci (French-Chinese dictionary) includes in its definition of 氣候 the following sense: "(fig.) ambiance; atmosphère". The problem with our definition is that it doesn't make clear which sense of "atmosphere" is intended. (It's certainly not "the gaseous envelope of a celestial body (such as a planet)".) In addition, a "situation" can be change rapidly, whereas 氣候 refers to conditions that are relatively well-established. |
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- 氣候 气候 [qi4 hou4] /climate/atmosphere/situation/CL:種|种[zhong3]/ # + 氣候 气候 [qi4 hou4] /climate/situation/CL:種|种[zhong3]/ + 氣候 气候 [qi4 hou4] /(meteorology) climate/(fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs)/CL:種|种[zhong3]/ |