立秋是农历二十四节气中的第十三个节气，也是秋天的第一个节气。
“秋”的意思是热的天气过去，凉快的天气到来。
立秋以后，天气依然很热，但是还是有变化，中午热，早上和晚上凉快。
这个时候，人们也开始想吃更多东西来补充营养，为寒冷的天气做准备。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 立秋 | Lì qiū | Liqiu or Start of Autumn, 13th of the 24 solar terms |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 农历 | nóng lì | the traditional Chinese calendar / the lunar calendar |
| 二十四 | èr shí sì | twenty-four; the number 24 |
| 节气 | jié qì | solar term |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number) |
| 十三 | shí sān | thirteen / 13 |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 秋天 | qiū tiān | autumn |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 秋 | qiū | autumn / fall / harvest time |
| 意思 | yì si | idea / opinion / meaning |
| 热 | rè | hot (of weather) |
| 天气 | tiān qì | weather |
| 过去 | guò qù | to go over; to pass by |
| 凉快 | liáng kuai | pleasantly cool (weather etc) / (slang) (of clothing) scanty; revealing |
| 到来 | dào lái | to arrive |
| 以后 | yǐ hòu | after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future |
| 依然 | yī rán | still; as before |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 还是 | hái shi | still (as before) |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 变化 | biàn huà | change; variation |
| 中午 | zhōng wǔ | noon / midday |
| 早上 | zǎo shang | early morning |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 晚上 | wǎn shang | evening / night |
| 这个 | zhè ge | (pronoun) this / (adjective) this |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 人们 | rén men | people |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 更多 | gèng duō | more; greater in amount, degree, or number |
| 东西 | dōng xi | thing / stuff / person |
| 来 | lái | (between two verbs) in order to |
| 补充 | bǔ chōng | to replenish / to supplement / to complement |
| 营养 | yíng yǎng | nutrition / nourishment |
| 为 | wèi | because of / for / to |
| 寒冷 | hán lěng | cold (climate) / frigid / very cold |
| 做 | zuò | to make; to produce |
| 准备 | zhǔn bèi | preparation |