下 xià down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action syn 星期 xīng qī week / CL:個|个[ge4] / day of the week / Sunday syn 金 jīn gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 上周 shàng zhōu last week 礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service / (coll.) week / (coll.) Sunday syn 每周 每週 měi zhōu every week 黄金 黃金 huáng jīn gold / golden (opportunity) / prime (time) syn 金色 jīn sè golden / gold (color) syn 上星期 shàng xīng qī last week / previous week 下星期 xià xīng qī next week 良机 良機 liáng jī a good chance / a golden opportunity 黄金时代 黃金時代 huáng jīn shí dài golden age syn 盛世 shèng shì a flourishing period / period of prosperity / a golden age syn 中庸 zhōng yōng golden mean (Confucianism) / (literary) (of person) mediocre / ordinary syn 金黄 金黃 jīn huáng golden yellow / golden syn 黄金分割 黃金分割 huáng jīn fēn gē golden ratio / golden section 金箍棒 jīn gū bàng golden cudgel, weapon wielded by Sun Wukong in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4] 金鸡 金雞 jīn jī golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) 金灿灿 金燦燦 jīn càn càn golden-bright and dazzling syn 本周 本週 běn zhōu this week 一周 yī zhōu one week / all the way around / a whole cycle 黄金周 黃金周 huáng jīn zhōu Golden Week, two 7-day national holiday periods 上个 上個 shàng ge first (of two parts) / last (week etc) / previous / the above 下周 下週 xià zhōu next week 金球奖 金球獎 jīn qiú jiǎng Golden Globe Award 金马奖 金馬獎 jīn mǎ jiǎng Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards 潘金莲 潘金蓮 pān jīn lián Pan Jinlian (name lit. Golden Lotus), heroine of Ming dynasty vernacular novel Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus 金瓶梅 金瓶梅 jīn píng méi Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus (1617), Ming dynasty vernacular novel, formerly notorious and banned for its sexual content 金曲奖 金曲獎 jīn qǔ jiǎng Golden Melody Awards 金三角 jīn sān jiǎo Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) 方文山 fāng wén shān Vincent Fang (1969-), Taiwanese multi-Golden Melody Award lyricist 黄花菜 黃花菜 huáng huā cài citron daylily (Hemerocallis citrina Baroni) / golden needles (its edible flower) syn 一箭双雕 一箭雙鵰 yī jiàn shuāng diāo lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom) / to kill two birds with one stone syn 金丝猴 金絲猴 jīn sī hóu golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) 金蝉 金蟬 jīn chán Golden Cicada 金屋藏娇 金屋藏嬌 jīn wū cáng jiāo a golden house to keep one's mistress (idiom) / a magnificent house built for a beloved woman 金印 jīn yìn golden seal / characters tattooed on a convict's face 锦鸡 錦雞 jǐn jī golden pheasant 金狮奖 金獅獎 jīn shī jiǎng Golden Lion, award at the Venice Film Festival 杀鸡取卵 殺雞取卵 shā jī qǔ luǎn lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs syn 周 週 zhōu week / weekly / variant of 周[zhou1] syn 金科玉律 jīn kē yù lǜ golden rule / key principle syn 点金术 點金術 diǎn jīn shù Midas touch / golden touch 鼎盛期 dǐng shèng qī golden age / heyday / period of peak prosperity 金毛犬 jīn máo quǎn golden retriever (dog breed) 金童玉女 jīn tóng yù nǚ lit. golden boys and jade maidens (idiom) / attendants of the Daoist immortals / fig. lovely young children / a golden couple / (of a couple who are in the public eye) a lovely young couple 竭泽而渔 竭澤而漁 jié zé ér yú lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs syn 金乌 金烏 jīn wū Golden Crow / the sun / the three-legged golden crow that lives in the sun 金毛狗 jīn máo gǒu golden retriever (dog breed) / Cibotium barometz, Asian tropical tree fern with hairy fronds (used in TCM) 黄粱梦 黃粱夢 huáng liáng mèng dream of golden millet / fig. illusions of wealth and glory / pipe dream syn 翚 翬 huī pheasant / golden pheasant / variegated / to fly 腰金衣紫 yāo jīn yī zǐ golden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom) / in official position 金枝玉叶 金枝玉葉 jīn zhī yù yè golden branch, jade leaves (idiom) / fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty syn 金鸡独立 金雞獨立 jīn jī dú lì golden rooster stands on one leg (tai chi posture) / standing on one leg 六周规定 六周規定 liù zhōu guī dìng six-week documentation rule / six-week rule / 6-week rule 神圣周 神聖週 shén shèng zhōu Holy week / Easter week (esp. Catholic) 联合国全球道路安全周 聯合國全球道路安全周 lián hé guó quán qiú dào lù ān quán zhōu United Nations Global Road Safety Week / Global Road Safety Week 全球道路安全周 quán qiú dào lù ān quán zhōu United Nations Global Road Safety Week / Global Road Safety Week 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 本星期 běn xīng qī this week 上个星期 上個星期 shàng gè xīng qī last week 下个星期 下個星期 xià gè xīng qī next week 星期几 星期幾 xīng qī jǐ which day of the week 棕枝全日 zōng zhī quán rì Palm Sunday (Christian Festival one week before Easter) 每周一次 每週一次 měi zhōu yī cì once a week 世界母乳喂养周 shì jiè mǔ rǔ wèi yǎng zhōu World Breastfeeding Week 世界空间周 World Space Week 声援南部非洲人民团结周 shēng yuán nán bù fēi zhōu rén mín tuán jié zhōu Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Southern Africa 世界信仰间和谐周 世界信仰間和諧周 World Interfaith Harmony Week 促进裁军目标周 促進裁軍目標周 cù jìn cái jūn mù biāo zhōu Week Devoted to Fostering the Objectives of Disarmament 声援非自治领土人民团结周 聲援非自治領土人民團結周 shēng yuán fēi zì zhì lǐng tǔ rén mín tuán jié zhōu Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories 土著文化周 tǔ zhù wén huà zhōu Aboriginal Awareness Week 非洲-阿拉伯商业周 非洲-阿拉伯商業周 Afro-Arab Business Week 非洲水周 fēi zhōu shuǐ zhōu African Water Week 世界水周 shì jiè shuǐ zhōu World Water Week 斯德哥尔摩水周 斯德哥爾摩水周 sī dé gē ěr mó shuǐ zhōu Stockholm Water Week 国际可持续农业和粮食安全周 國際可持續農業和糧食安全周 International Week on Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security 联合国成人学习周 聯合國成人學習周 lián hé guó chéng rén xué xí zhōu United Nations Week of Adult Learning 每周工作时间减至四十小时公约 每周工作時間減至四十小時公約 Convention concerning the Reduction of Hours of Work to Forty a Week 创意经济周 創意經濟周 Creative Economy Week 人类发展周 人類發展周 Human Development Week 世界和平周 World Week of Peace 世界空间周协会 世界空間周協會 World Space Week Association 欧洲青年周 歐洲青年周 European Youth Week 母子健康周 Mother and Child Health Week 安宁周 安寧周 Week of Tranquillity 声援智利民主派斗争团结周 聲援智利民主派鬥爭團結周 Week of Solidarity with the Struggle of Chilean Democratics 国际法周 國際法周 International Law Week 声援争取民族解放的人民和国家团结周 聲援爭取民族解放的人民和國家團結周 Week of Solidarity with Peoples and Countries Struggling for their National Liberation 世界麻风周 世界麻風周 World Leprosy Week 裁军周非政府组织论坛 裁軍周非政府組織論壇 Disarmament Week Forum for Non-governmental Organizations 国际预防犯罪合作周 國際預防犯罪合作周 International Cooperation Week on Crime Prevention 欧洲防止吸毒周 歐洲防止吸毒周 European Drug Prevention Week 声援南部非洲人民斗争团结周 聲援南部非洲人民鬥爭團結周 Week of Solidarity with the Struggle of the Peoples of Southern Africa 遥感对发展中国家的影响研究周 遙感對發展中國家的影響研究周 Study Week on the Impact of Remote Sensing on Developing Nations 人人参加体育锻练世界周 人人參加體育鍛練世界周 World Week of Physical Fitness and Sport for All 声援反种族主义人民斗争国际周 聲援反種族主義人民鬥爭國際周 International Week of Solidarity with People Struggling against Racism 值星 zhí xīng (of army officers) to be on duty for the week syn 主麻 zhǔ má (Islam) Jumu'ah (refers to Friday or the noon prayer on Friday) (loanword from Arabic) / (Islam) a week 996 jiǔ jiǔ liù 9am-9pm, six days a week (work schedule) 