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 痴心妄想 癡心妄想 chī xīn wàng xiǎng to be carried away by one's wishful thinking (idiom) / to labor under a delusion / wishful thinking syn 世界水日 shì jiè shuǐ rì World Day for Water / World Water 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 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 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 人世 rén shì the world / this world / the world of the living syn 减少自然灾害世界会议 減少自然災害世界會議 World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction - A Safer World for the 21st Century / World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction 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 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 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 思想 sī xiǎng thought / thinking / idea / ideology / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 想法 xiǎng fǎ way of thinking / opinion / notion / to think of a way (to do sth) syn 思维 思維 sī wéi (line of) thought / thinking syn 思路 sī lù line of thought / way of thinking syn 心态 心態 xīn tài attitude (of the heart) / state of one's psyche / way of thinking / mentality syn 脑筋 腦筋 nǎo jīn brains / mind / head / way of thinking syn 随口 隨口 suí kǒu (speak) without thinking the matter through syn 通畅 通暢 tōng chàng unobstructed / clear / (of writing or thinking) coherent / fluent syn 正向 zhèng xiàng forward (direction) / positive (thinking, mood, values etc) 心机 心機 xīn jī thinking / scheme syn 惦记 惦記 diàn jì to think of / to keep thinking about / to be concerned about syn 狭隘 狹隘 xiá ài (of a path etc) narrow / (of a living space etc) cramped / (of a way of thinking, a definition etc) narrow / limited syn 思潮 sī cháo tide of thought / way of thinking characteristic of a historical period / Zeitgeist syn 耐人寻味 耐人尋味 nài rén xún wèi thought-provoking / worth thinking over / to provide food for thought syn 一厢情愿 一廂情願 yī xiāng qíng yuàn one's own wishful thinking 顺口 順口 shùn kǒu to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food) syn 轻举妄动 輕舉妄動 qīng jǔ wàng dòng to act blindly without thinking (idiom) syn 不合时宜 不合時宜 bù hé shí yí out of step with current thinking / outmoded / inappropriate for the occasion syn 信口 xìn kǒu to blurt sth out / to open one's mouth without thinking syn 蛔虫 蛔蟲 huí chóng roundworm / ascarid / (esp.) Ascaris lumbricoides, a human parasite / (fig.) person who knows what another person is thinking / a mind reader 信口开河 信口開河 xìn kǒu kāi hé to speak without thinking (idiom) / to blurt sth out syn 儒家思想 rú jiā sī xiǎng Confucian thoughts / the thinking of the Confucian school 一相情愿 一相情願 yī xiāng qíng yuàn one's own wishful thinking syn 心窍 心竅 xīn qiào the mind / capacity for clear thinking syn 巧思 qiǎo sī innovative thinking / ingenuity 抽象思维 抽象思維 chōu xiàng sī wéi abstract thought / logical thinking 白日做梦 白日做夢 bái rì zuò mèng to daydream / to indulge in wishful thinking syn 觉 覺 jué to feel / to find that / thinking / awake / aware syn 囫囵吞枣 囫圇吞棗 hú lún tūn zǎo to swallow in one gulp (idiom) / (fig.) to accept without thinking / to lap up syn 望梅止渴 wàng méi zhǐ kě lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom) / fig. to console oneself with illusions syn 顺嘴 順嘴 shùn zuǐ to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food) 