An idiom referring to cooling off summer heat.

Hot weather in May and June of the lunar calendar.

It refers to the hottest time in May and June of the lunar calendar.

Life in a hot summer day

Cao Wei of the Three Kingdoms wrote the Book of Songs to the DPRK: "Floating sweet potatoes in the clear spring, sinking Zhu Li in the ice." Later, "floating melons and sinking plums" is a metaphor for a life scene in summer. Melons and plums floating on the water are cool and delicious food in summer.

Also known as floating melon for summer, heavy plum.

Floating melon in summer

Cool fun in summer. See "floating melons sink plums".

These trees provide pleasant shade.

The trees are thick and leafy, blocking the sun. It's midsummer.