早期幼儿启发教育 早期幼兒啟發教育 early childhood stimulation / early stimulation 青梅竹马 青梅竹馬 qīng méi zhú mǎ lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom) / fig. innocent children's games / childhood sweethearts / a couple who grew up as childhood friends syn 发小 髮小 fà xiǎo (dialect) close childhood friend whom one grew up with / a couple who grew up as childhood friends 早期 zǎo qī early period / early phase / early stage syn 早睡早起 zǎo shuì zǎo qǐ early to bed, early to rise / to keep early hours 早睡早起 zǎo shuì - zǎo qǐ early to bed, early to rise / to keep early hours 学前教育 學前教育 xué qián jiào yù preschool education / early childhood education 垂髫 chuí tiáo hair hanging down (child's hairstyle) / (fig.) young child / early childhood syn 儿童早期保教方桉 兒童早期保教方案 Early Childhood Care and Education 世界儿童早期教育组织 世界兒童早期教育組織 World Organization for Early Childhood Education 儿童早期发展 兒童早期發展 early childhood development 世界儿童早期保育与教育大会 世界兒童早期保育與教育大會 World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education 儿童早期保育和发展 兒童早期保育和發展 early childhood care for development 儿童早期 r tóng zǎo qī early childhood 儿童早期保育和发展方桉 兒童早期保育和發展方案 Early Childhood Care and Development Programme 儿童早期保育和发展协商小组 兒童早期保育和發展協商小組 Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development 儿童早期教育 兒童早期教育 early childhood education 儿童早期保育促进生存、发育和发展 兒童早期保育促進生存、發育和發展 early childhood care for survival, growth and development 童年早期综合行动计划 童年早期綜合行動計劃 Integrated Action Plan for Early Childhood 孕婴童 孕嬰童 yùn yīng tóng (market segment) maternity and early childhood 孕童 yùn tóng (market segment) maternity and early childhood 雷 léi thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine / (coll.) to shock / to stun / to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) syn 罩 zhào to cover / to spread over / a cover / a shade / a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect / to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome / incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4de2zhu4]) to have things under control / to be able to handle it syn 没法儿 沒法兒 méi fǎ r (coll.) can't do anything about it / (coll.) there's no way that ... / it's simply not credible that ... / (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful) syn 早日 zǎo rì soon / at an early date / the early days / the past syn 早退 zǎo tuì to leave early (before the stipulated finishing time) / to retire early (from one's job) 顾炎武 顧炎武 gù yán wǔ Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study 日知錄|日知录 虞世南 yú shì nán Yu Shinan (558-638), politician of Sui and early Tang periods, poet and calligrapher, one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家[Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 jia1] 早播 zǎo bō to plant early / to sow seeds in early spring 饥荒预警系统 飢荒預警系統 jī huāng yù jǐng xì tǒng Famine Early Warning System / Famine Early Warning System Network 早报警，早行动 早報警，早行動 Early Warning Early Action 一日之计在于晨 一日之計在於晨 yī rì zhī jì zài yú chén make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom) / early morning is the golden time of the day 早早儿 早早兒 zǎo zǎo r (coll.) as soon as possible / as early as one can syn 农友 農友 nóng yǒu our peasant friends (political term used in the early years of the Old Democratic Revolution, 1840-1919) / (Tw) (coll.) farmer 从小 從小 cóng xiǎo from childhood / from a young age syn 小时候 小時候 xiǎo shí hou in one's childhood syn 童年 tóng nián childhood syn 懂事 dǒng shì to grow beyond the naivete of childhood / to be aware of what is going on in the world / (esp. of a child) sensible / thoughtful / intelligent syn 儿时 兒時 ér shí childhood syn 自幼 zì yòu since childhood syn 幼年 yòu nián childhood / infancy syn 小名 xiǎo míng pet name for a child / childhood name syn 幼时 幼時 yòu shí childhood syn 娇生惯养 嬌生慣養 jiāo shēng guàn yǎng pampered and spoiled since childhood syn 耳鬓厮磨 耳鬢廝磨 ěr bìn sī mó lit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom) / fig. (of a boy and a girl) to play together often during childhood syn 殇 殤 shāng to die in childhood / war dead syn 女大十八变 女大十八變 nǚ dà shí bā biàn lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom) / fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was 竹马之交 竹馬之交 zhú mǎ zhī jiāo childhood friend (idiom) 总角之交 總角之交 zǒng jiǎo zhī jiāo (idiom) childhood friend 总角之好 總角之好 zǒng jiǎo zhī hǎo (idiom) childhood friend 稚气未脱 稚氣未脫 zhì qì wèi tuō still possessing the innocence of childhood (idiom) syn 儿童残疾技术支助方桉 兒童殘疾技術支助方案 Technical Support Programme on Childhood Disability 儿童政策项目 r tóng zhèng cè xiàng mù Childhood Policies Project 国际癌症患儿家长组织联合会 International Confederation of Childhood Cancer Parent Organisations 城市儿童会议 城市兒童會議 Urban Childhood Conference 消除儿童铅中毒联盟 消除兒童鉛中毒聯盟 Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning 保护儿童和青少年免受暴力侵害综合系统 保護兒童和青少年免受暴力侵害綜合系統 Integral System of Protection of Childhood and Adolescence against Violence 儿童肥胖症 兒童肥胖癥 childhood obesity 防治儿童传染病 防治兒童傳染病 control of childhood communicable diseases 新生儿和儿童疾病综合管理 新生兒和兒童疾病綜合管理 Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness 儿童疾病综合管理 兒童疾病綜合管理 Integrated Management of Childhood Illness 儿童白血病 兒童白血病 childhood leukemia 阿拉伯儿童与发展理事会 阿拉伯兒童與發展理事會 Arab Council for Childhood and Development 幼年教育国际协会 幼年教育國際協會 Association for Childhood Education International 儿童残疾科 兒童殘疾科 Childhood Disability Section 儿童残疾 兒童殘疾 childhood disability 冲龄 沖齡 chōng líng childhood (typically used in reference to an emperor) 起小 qǐ xiǎo since childhood 打小 dǎ xiǎo (dialect) from childhood / from a young age 总角 總角 zǒng jiǎo (literary) children's hairstyle with hair tied into a bun on both sides of the head / (fig.) childhood syn 一块 一塊 yī kuài a piece / a chunk / (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect / area / dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2gan3 zhe4 yi1kuai4] "the emotional aspect (of it)") / (coll.) one yuan / a dollar / together / in the same place / in company syn 礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service / (coll.) week / (coll.) Sunday syn 末了 mò liǎo (coll.) final part / last bit / (coll.) in the end / finally syn 大牛 dà niú (coll.) leading light / superstar / badass / (coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini 奶子 nǎi zi (coll.) milk / (coll.) breast / booby / tit syn 促狭 促狹 cù xiá (coll.) teasing / mischievous / (coll.) cunning / sly 滴管 dī guǎn intravenous drip tube / dropper / eyedropper / (coll.) pipette / (coll.) burette / drip-irrigation pipe (abbr. for 滴灌管[di1guan4guan3]) 够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) / (coll.) (before adj.) really / (coll.) to reach by stretching out syn 损 損 sǔn to decrease / to lose / to damage / to harm / (coll.) to ridicule / to deride / (coll.) caustic / sarcastic / nasty / mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ syn 炸 zhà to burst / to explode / to blow up / to bomb / (coll.) to fly into a rage / (coll.) to scamper off / to scatter syn 熊 xióng bear / (coll.) to scold / to rebuke / (coll.) weak / incapable syn 爪 zhuǎ (coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc syn 逗 dòu to tease (playfully) / to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny / amusing / to stay / to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4]) syn 闸 閘 zhá sluice / sluice gate / to dam up water / (coll.) brake / (coll.) electric switch syn 垫补 墊補 diàn bu (coll.) to cover a shortfall by using funds intended for another purpose or by borrowing some money / (coll.) to snack syn 蹦跶 蹦躂 bèng da (coll.) to jump about / to be active / to be lively / (coll.) (fig.) to struggle (before succumbing) / to be alive and kicking (esp. toward the end of one's life) 跟手 gēn shǒu (coll.) while doing it / on the way through / (coll.) immediately / at once / (of a touch screen) responsive to the user's finger movements syn 过节儿 過節兒 guò jié r (coll.) grudge / strife / (coll.) good manners 𪨊 㞞 sóng (coll.) semen / (coll.) weak and incompetent 榆木脑袋 榆木腦袋 yú mù nǎo dai (coll.) thickhead / (coll.) thick skull (i.e. the brain of a thickhead) 念想 niàn xiǎng to miss (the presence of) / to cherish the memory of / aspiration / desire / sth one keeps thinking about / (coll.) keepsake / memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind) 念想儿 念想兒 niàn xiang r (coll.) keepsake / memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind) 串串 chuàn chuàn (coll.) skewers / barbecued food on sticks / (in Sichuan) Sichuan-style hotpot skewers (abbr. for 串串香[chuan4 chuan4 xiang1]) / (coll.) non-pedigree pet (esp. dog or cat) / mutt / mixed-breed cat 少年 shào nián early youth / youngster / (literary) youth / young man syn 先后 先後 xiān hòu early or late / first and last / priority / in succession / one after another syn 早上 zǎo shang early morning / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 前期 qián qī preceding period / early stage syn 早在 zǎo zài as early as 早晨 zǎo chén early morning / CL:個|个[ge4] / also pr. 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