小朋友 xiǎo péng yǒu child / kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 阿拉伯国家联盟 阿拉伯國家聯盟 ā lā bó guó jiā lián méng Arab League, regional organization of Arab states in Southwest Asia, and North and Northeast Africa, officially called the League of Arab States 小皇帝 xiǎo huáng dì child emperor / (fig.) spoiled child / spoiled boy / pampered only child 国际和阿拉伯儿童日 國際和阿拉伯兒童日 International and Arab Child Day 幼儿日托 幼兒日托 child day care / day care 日益 rì yì day by day / more and more / increasingly / more and more with each passing day syn 日趋 日趨 rì qū (increasing) day by day / (more critical) with every passing day / gradually syn 日渐 日漸 rì jiàn to progress (or increase, change etc) day by day / more (or better etc) with each passing day syn 光棍节 光棍節 guāng gùn jié Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day 江河日下 jiāng hé rì xià rivers pour away by the day (idiom) / going from bad to worse / deteriorating day by day syn 黄金週 黃金週 Golden Week / refers to three 7-day holiday periods at New Year 春節|春节, Labor day 勞動節|劳动节, National day 國慶|国庆 / also written 黃金周|黄 节礼日 節禮日 jié lǐ rì Boxing Day, holiday on 26th December (the day after Christmas Day) in some countries 技术援助非洲和阿拉伯国家阿拉伯基金 Arab Fund for Technical Assistance to African and Arab Countries 阿拉伯国家现代生物技术前景阿拉伯会议 Arab Conference on Perspectives of Modern Biotechnologies in the Arab Countries 阿拉伯和平倡议部长级委员会 阿拉伯和平倡議部長級委員會 Arab Ministerial Committee for the Arab Peace Initiative 阿拉伯国家次区域资源中心 阿拉伯國家次區域資源中心 Subregional Resource Facility Arab States / SURF Arab States 阿拉伯妇女与儿童保健方桉 阿拉伯婦女與兒童保健方案 Arab Maternal and Child Health Care Programme 阿拉伯儿童权利宪章 Charter on the Rights of the Arab Child 阿拉伯儿童最高理事会 Supreme Council for the Arab Child 泛阿拉伯儿童发展项目 泛阿拉伯兒童發展項目 Pan Arab Project for Child Development 泛阿拉伯儿童生存、保护和发展计划 泛阿拉伯兒童生存、保護和發展計劃 Pan Arab Plan for Child Survival, Protection and Development 小鬼 xiǎo guǐ little demon (term of endearment for a child) / mischievous child / imp syn 亲子 親子 qīn zǐ parent and child / parent-child (relationship) / two successive generations 亲生 親生 qīn shēng one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth) / biological (parents) / birth (parents) syn 患儿 患兒 huàn ér child victim of disaster or disease / afflicted child syn 私生子 sī shēng zǐ illegitimate child (male) / bastard / love child 认领 認領 rèn lǐng to claim (as one's property) / to adopt (a child) / to accept (an illegitimate child as one's own) syn 陪读 陪讀 péi dú to accompany one's child or spouse who is studying overseas / to help a child with their study, reading or practicing together 望子成龙 望子成龍 wàng zǐ chéng lóng lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom) / fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life / to have great hopes for one's offspring / to give one's child the best education as a career investment syn 畸形儿 畸形兒 jī xíng ér deformed child / child with birth defect syn 狼孩 láng hái wolf child / human child raised by wolves (in legends) 垂髫 chuí tiáo hair hanging down (child's hairstyle) / (fig.) young child / early childhood syn 人精 rén jīng sophisticate / man with extensive experience / child prodigy / Wunderkind (i.e. brilliant child) / spirit within a person (i.e. blood and essential breath 血氣|血气 of TCM) 残疾儿 殘疾兒 cán jí ér a child with a birth defect / a deformed child 私生子女 sī shēng zǐ nǚ illegitimate child / bastard / love child 管教无方 管教無方 guǎn jiào wú fāng unable to discipline a child / incapable of dealing with (unruly child) 儿童约束系统 child restraint system / child restraint 儿童色情旅游业 child sex tourism / child sexual tourism 儿童教儿童计划 child to child programme 国际获取子女抚养费特别委员会 國際獲取子女撫養費特別委員會 Special Commission on the International Recovery of Child Support and other Forms of Family Maintenance / Special Commission on the International Recovery of Child Support 爱幼城倡议 愛幼城倡議 ài yòu chéng chàng yì Child-Friendly Cities Initiative / Child-Friendly Community Initiative 爱幼社区倡议 愛幼社區倡議 ài yòu shè qū chàng yì Child-Friendly Cities Initiative / Child-Friendly Community Initiative 妇幼保健问题千年项目第4工作队 婦幼保健問題千年項目第4工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 4 on Child Health and Maternal Health / Task Force 4 on Child Health and Maternal Health 妇幼保健问题第4工作队 婦幼保健問題第4工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 4 on Child Health and Maternal Health / Task Force 4 on Child Health and Maternal Health 孕产妇、新生儿和儿童健康 孕產婦、新生兒和兒童健康 maternal, newborn and child health / maternal, neonatal, and child health 非政府组织今日女童问题论坛 非政府組織今日女童問題論壇 Non-Governmental Organizations Forum on the Female Child of Today / NGO Forum on the Female Child of Today 儿童保护和儿童权利分区域工作队 兒童保護和兒童權利分區域工作隊 Sub-Regional Task Force on Child Protection and Child Rights 三天不打，上房揭瓦 sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom) / spare the rod, spoil the child 特殊儿童 特殊兒童 tè shū ér tóng child with special needs / gifted child 乖乖 guāi guāi (of a child) well-behaved / obediently / (term of endearment for a child) darling / sweetie syn 鸡娃 雞娃 jī wá chick / (neologism c. 2020) to arrange a daily regimen of activities for one's child / a child whose life is regimented this way 弃子 棄子 qì zǐ sacrificed piece (in chess or Go) / abandoned child / (fig.) sth that has been abandoned or sacrificed (an ally, a product, employees etc) / (in expressions such as 拋家棄子|抛家弃子[pao1jia1-qi4zi3]) to abandon one's child(ren) 六日战争 六日戰爭 liù rì zhàn zhēng the Six-Day War of June 1967 between Israel and its Arab neighbors 声援巴勒斯坦阿拉伯人民争取权利斗争日 聲援巴勒斯坦阿拉伯人民爭取權利鬥爭日 Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of the Arab People of Palestine for their Rights 世界无童工日 shì jiè wú tóng gōng rì World Day against Child Labour 儿童健康日 r tóng jiàn kāng rì Child Health Day 巴勒斯坦儿童节 Palestinian Child's Day 非洲儿童日 非洲兒童日 Day of the African Child 国际儿童日 國際兒童日 International Day of the Child 经常 經常 jīng cháng frequently / constantly / regularly / often / day-to-day / everyday / daily syn 那天 nà tiān that day / the other day 日常 rì cháng day-to-day / daily / everyday syn 白天 bái tiān daytime / during the day / day / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 整天 zhěng tiān all day long / whole day syn 当日 當日 dàng rì that very day / the same day syn 初一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school syn 日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn 初二 chū èr 2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year 纪念日 紀念日 jì niàn rì day of commemoration / memorial day syn 改天 gǎi tiān another day / some other time / to find another day (for appointment etc) / to take a rain check syn 一天到晚 yī tiān dào wǎn all day long / the whole day syn 整日 zhěng rì all day long / the whole day syn 成日 chéng rì all day long / the whole day / the whole time syn 连日 連日 lián rì day after day / for several days running syn 劳动节 勞動節 láo dòng jié International Labor Day (May Day) syn 艳阳天 艷陽天 yàn yáng tiān bright sunny day / blazing hot day 逐日 zhú rì day-by-day / daily / on a daily basis syn 佳期 jiā qī wedding day / day of tryst syn 吉日 jí rì propitious day / lucky day syn 青年节 青年節 qīng nián jié Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for young people aged 14 to 28, who get half a day off 改日 gǎi rì another day / some other day syn 日臻 rì zhēn to reach day after day for 日 rì sun / day / date, day of the month syn 植树节 植樹節 zhí shù jié Arbor Day (March 12th), also known as National Tree Planting Day 全民義務植樹日|全民义务植树日[Quan2 min2 Yi4 wu4 Zhi2 shu4 ri4] 国际劳动节 國際勞動節 guó jì láo dòng jié May Day / International Labor Day (May 1) 流水账 流水賬 liú shuǐ zhàng day-to-day account / current account 七夕节 七夕節 qī xī jié Qixi Festival or Double Seven Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女[niu2 lang3 zhi1 nu:3] are allowed their annual meeting 大后天 大後天 dà hòu tiān three days from now / day after day after tomorrow 日复一日 日復一日 rì fù yī rì day after day 念日 niàn rì memorial day / commemoration day 光明节 光明節 guāng míng jié Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar) / also called 哈努卡節|哈努卡节 and simply 哈努卡 全民义务植树日 全民義務植樹日 quán mín yì wù zhí shù rì National Tree Planting Day (March 12th), as known as Arbor Day 植樹節|植树节[Zhi2 shu4 jie2] 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒 冰凍三尺，非一日之寒 bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom) / Rome wasn't built in a day 半日工作 bàn rì gōng zuò part-time work in which one works each day for a half-day, typically a morning or an afternoon 哈努卡 hā nǔ kǎ Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar) / also called 光明節|光明节 and 哈努卡節|哈努卡节 哈努卡节 哈努卡節 hā nǔ kǎ jié Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on the Gregorian calendar) 没日没夜 沒日沒夜 méi rì méi yè day and night / regardless of the time of day or night syn 良吉 liáng jí lucky day / auspicious day 解放日 jiě fàng rì Liberation Day / cf Japan's surrender on 15th August 1945, celebrated as Liberation Day in Korea 