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 聚敛 聚斂 jù liǎn to accumulate / to gather / to amass wealth by heavy taxation or other unscrupulous means / (science) convergent syn 费曼 費曼 fèi màn Feinman or Feynman (name) / Richard Feynman (1918-1988), US physicist, 1965 Nobel prize laureate together with TOMONAGA Shin'ichirō and Julian Schwinger 朝永·振一郎 ChaoyongZhenyilang TOMONAGA Shin'ichirō (1906-1979), Japanese physicist, 1965 Nobel prize laureate with Richard Feynman and Julian Schwinger 朝永振一郎 cháo yǒng zhèn yī láng TOMONAGA Shin'ichirō (1906-1979), Japanese physicist, 1965 Nobel prize laureate with Richard Feynman and Julian Schwinger 朱利安 zhū lì ān Julian or Julien (name) 曼顿-朱利安振荡 曼頓-朱利安振蕩 Madden-Julian Oscillation 朝永・振一郎 cháo yǒng · zhèn yī láng TOMONAGA Shin'ichirō (1906-1979), Japanese physicist, 1965 Nobel prize laureate with Richard Feynman and Julian Schwinger 布莱德湖 布萊德湖 bù lái dé hú Lake Bled, glacial lake amid the Julian Alps in Slovenia, adjacent to the town of Bled 牛轭礁 牛軛礁 niú è jiāo Niu'e Reef, disputed territory in the South China Sea, claimed by China, Vietnam and the Philippines, aka Whitsun Reef or Julian Felipe Reef 十二时辰 十二時辰 shí èr shí chen twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian timekeeping and astronomy 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 赤口日 chì kǒu rì third day of the lunar year (inauspicious for visits because arguments happen easily on that day) 鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已 鞠躬盡瘁，死而後已 jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐ to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom) / striving to the utmost one's whole life / with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day 世界水日 shì jiè shuǐ rì World Day for Water / World Water Day 命名日 mìng míng rì name day (tradition of celebrating a given name on a certain day of the year) 小岛屿发展中国家日 Small Island Developing States Day / SIDS Day 世界文化发展日 世界文化發展日 World Day for Cultural Development / Day of All the World's Cultures 世界一切文化日 World Day for Cultural Development / Day of All the World's Cultures 抵达日期 抵達日期 arrival day / A-day 幼儿日托 幼兒日托 child day care / day care 联合国支持酷刑受害者国际日 聯合國支持酷刑受害者國際日 United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture / International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 一天一个样 一天一個樣 yī tiān yī ge yàng to change from day to day 擒人节 擒人節 qín rén jié (jocular) Valentine's Day, referring to the rising number of extramarrital affairs being discovered on that day 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 剁手节 剁手節 duò shǒu jié (jocular) a day of frenetic online spending, such as Singles' Day 头七 頭七 tóu qī the 7th day after a person's death / the first 7-day period after a person's death 是日 shì rì (formal) this day / that day 好日子 hǎo rì zi auspicious day / good day / happy life syn 校运会 校運會 xiào yùn huì (school) field day / sports day 空间 空間 kōng jiān space / room / (fig.) scope / leeway / (astronomy) outer space / (physics, math.) space syn 巨星 jù xīng (astronomy) giant star / (fig.) superstar (of opera, basketball etc) syn 黑洞 hēi dòng (astronomy) black hole 天文 tiān wén astronomy 中天 zhōng tiān culmination (astronomy) syn 新星 xīn xīng (astronomy) nova / (fig.) new star / rising star syn 水星 shuǐ xīng (astronomy) Mercury 实测 實測 shí cè to take measurements / measured (speed etc) / observed (as opposed to "estimated") / observational (astronomy) 黑子 hēi zǐ black piece (in Chinese chess) / black stone (in Go) / (astronomy) sunspot syn 白道 bái dào (astronomy) the moon's path around the earth / legitimate, lawful activities (contrasted with 黑道[hei1dao4]) / law-abiding citizenry 天文学 天文學 tiān wén xué astronomy 星宿 xīng xiù constellation (arch., now 星座) / one of the 28 constellations of traditional Chinese astronomy and astrology / motion of stars since one's birth (predetermining one's fate in astrology) syn 斗牛 dǒu niú Big Dipper and Altair (astronomy) 黄道 黃道 huáng dào (astronomy) the ecliptic 开光 開光 kāi guāng eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism) / to consecrate / to bless / transparent / translucent / haircut / shaving the head or face (humorous) / a method of decoration / first light (astronomy) 启明星 啟明星 qǐ míng xīng (astronomy) Venus syn 十二宫 十二宮 shí èr gōng the twelve equatorial constellations or signs of the zodiac in Western astronomy and astrology, namely: Aries 白羊[Bai2 yang2], Taurus 金牛[Jin4 niu2], Gemini 雙子|双子[Shuang1 zi3], Cancer 巨蟹[Ju4 xie4], Leo 獅子|狮子[Shi1 zi3], Virgo 室女[Shi4 nu:3], Libra 天秤[Tian1 cheng4], Scorpio 天蠍|天蝎[Tian1 xie1], Sagittarius 人馬|人马[Ren2 ma3], Capricorn 摩羯[Mo2 jie2], Aquarius 寶瓶|宝瓶[Bao3 ping2], Pisces 雙魚|双鱼[Shuang1 yu2] 光斑 guāng bān facula (astronomy) 星群 xīng qún (astronomy) asterism 射电 射電 shè diàn radio wave (astronomy) 火流星 huǒ liú xīng (astronomy) bolide / fireball 室 shì room / work unit / grave / scabbard / family or clan / one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy syn 浑天仪 渾天儀 hún tiān yí armillary sphere (astronomy) syn 岁差 歲差 suì chā (astronomy) precession 