消夏 Traditional form: 消夏 Pinyin (reading): xiāoxià Definitions: to spend the summer to take a summer vacation Characters: 消 - news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish 夏 - summer; the Xia or Hsia dynasty Traditional characters: 消 - news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish 夏 - summer; the Xia or Hsia dynasty