日 rì sun / day / date, day of the month syn 那天 nà tiān that day / the other day 经常 經常 jīng cháng frequently / constantly / regularly / often / day-to-day / everyday / daily syn 关掉 關掉 guān diào to switch off / to shut off syn 整天 zhěng tiān all day long / whole day syn 起飞 起飛 qǐ fēi (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off / to lift off / (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly syn 白天 bái tiān daytime / during the day / day / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 甩掉 shuǎi diào to throw off / to abandon / to cast off / to get rid of / to dump syn 纪念日 紀念日 jì niàn rì day of commemoration / memorial day syn 日常 rì cháng day-to-day / daily / everyday 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 下台 下臺 xià tái to go off the stage / to fall from position of prestige / to step down (from office etc) / to disentangle oneself / to get off the hook syn 收工 shōu gōng to stop work for the day (generally of laborers) / to knock off syn 整日 zhěng rì all day long / the whole day syn 脱落 脫落 tuō luò to drop off / to fall off / (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out / to omit (a character when writing) 日益 rì yì day by day / more and more / increasingly / more and more with each passing day 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 截断 截斷 jié duàn to break or cut in two / to sever / to cut off / (fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc) / to interrupt / (math.) to truncate 劳动节 勞動節 láo dòng jié International Labor Day (May Day) syn 送行 sòng xíng to see someone off / to throw someone a send-off party syn 下岗 下崗 xià gǎng (of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty / (of a worker) be to laid off syn 剥离 剝離 bō lí to peel / to strip / to peel off / to come off (of tissue, skin, covering etc) syn 当日 當日 dàng rì that very day / the same day syn 报数 報數 bào shù number off! (command in military drill) / count off! 改日 gǎi rì another day / some other day syn 扬长而去 揚長而去 yáng cháng ér qù to swagger off / to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind 初一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school syn 辟邪 bì xié to ward off evil spirits / mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅[pi2 xiu1]) 欢送 歡送 huān sòng to see off / to send off syn 日趋 日趨 rì qū (increasing) day by day / (more critical) with every passing day / gradually syn 脱皮 脫皮 tuō pí (of paint etc) to peel off / to flake off / (of an insect or snake etc) to molt / (of skin) to peel off due to hard labor, blistering or sunburn etc / (fig.) to go through a grueling experience syn 日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn 蜕皮 蛻皮 tuì pí skin cast off during molting / exuvium / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell 佳期 jiā qī wedding day / day of tryst syn 大后天 大後天 dà hòu tiān three days from now / day after day after tomorrow 艳阳天 艷陽天 yàn yáng tiān bright sunny day / blazing hot day 漫无边际 漫無邊際 màn wú biān jì extremely vast / boundless / limitless / digressing / discursive / going off on tangents / straying far off topic syn 吉日 jí rì propitious day / lucky day syn 初二 chū èr 2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year 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 连日 連日 lián rì day after day / for several days running syn 鱼目混珠 魚目混珠 yú mù hùn zhū to pass off fish eyes for pearls / to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom) syn 逐日 zhú rì day-by-day / daily / on a daily basis syn 摘下 zhāi xià to take off / to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc) / to pick (a piece of fruit from a tree etc) / (sports) to pick off (a rebound etc) 脱掉 脫掉 tuō diào to remove / to take off / to strip off / to discard / to shed / to come off / to fall off 送走 sòng zǒu to see off / to send off 成日 chéng rì all day long / the whole day / the whole time syn 分拆 fèn chāi to separate off / to hive off / a demerger 开球 開球 kāi qiú open ball (math.) / to start a ball game / to kick off (soccer) / to tee off (golf) 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 打爆 dǎ bào to blow out / to blow off / (computer games) to zap / (phone) to ring off the hook / to be jammed / to max out (credit card etc) 坠楼 墜樓 zhuì lóu to fall off or jump off a building 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 日臻 rì zhēn to reach day after day for 打跑 dǎ pǎo to run off rebuffed / to fend off / (to fight off and make sb) run off 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) 放工 fàng gōng to knock off work for the day syn 剥掉 剝掉 bō diào to peel off / to strip off 流水账 流水賬 liú shuǐ zhàng day-to-day account / current account 刮掉 guā diào to scrape off / to shave off (whiskers etc) / (of the wind) to blow sth away 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 掰 bāi to break off or break open sth with one's hands / (fig.) to break off (a relationship) syn 日复一日 日復一日 rì fù yī rì day after day 岔 chà fork in road / bifurcation / branch in road, river, mountain range etc / to branch off / to turn off / to diverge / to stray (from the path) / to change the subject / to interrupt / to stagger (times) syn 蜕 蛻 tuì skin cast off during molting / exuvia / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell 搪 táng to keep out / to hold off / to ward off / to evade / to spread / to coat / to smear / to daub syn 出脱 出脫 chū tuō to manage to sell / to dispose of sth (by selling) / to get property off one's hands / to find excuses (to get off a charge) / to extricate sb (from trouble) / to vindicate / to become prettier (of child) syn 鼠窜 鼠竄 shǔ cuàn to scamper off / to scurry off like a frightened rat 混充 hún chōng to pass oneself off as sb / to palm sth off as syn 混充 hùn chōng to pass oneself off as sb / to palm sth off as syn 天 tiān day / sky / heaven syn 次 cì next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time syn 每天 měi tiān every day syn 星期 xīng qī week / CL:個|个[ge4] / day of the week / Sunday syn 日子 rì zi day / a (calendar) date / days of one's life syn 一旦 yī dàn in case (sth happens) / if / once (sth happens, then...) / when / in a short time / in one day syn 今 jīn now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc) syn 末日 mò rì last day / end / final days / doomsday syn 感恩节 感恩節 gǎn ēn jié Thanksgiving Day 至今 zhì jīn so far / to this day / until now syn 放学 放學 fàng xué to dismiss students at the end of the school day syn 望 朢 wàng 15th day of month (lunar calendar) / old variant of 望[wang4] syn 天天 tiān tiān every day syn 当天 當天 dàng tiān the same day syn 情人节 情人節 qíng rén jié Valentine's Day 祖先 zǔ xiān ancestors / forebears / (biology) ancestral species / ancient species from which present-day species evolved syn 开张 開張 kāi zhāng to open a business / first transaction of a business day syn 成天 chéng tiān (coll.) all day long / all the time syn 爱心 愛心 ài xīn compassion / kindness / care for others / love / CL:片[pian4] / charity (bazaar, golf day etc) / heart (the symbol ♥) syn 每日 měi rì daily / (soup etc) of the day syn 上天 shàng tiān Heaven / Providence / God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die / to pass away / the previous day (or days) syn 时分 時分 shí fēn time / period during the day / one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支 syn 半天 bàn tiān half of the day / a long time / quite a while / midair / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 前天 qián tiān the day before yesterday syn 时段 時段 shí duàn time interval / work shift / time slot / the twelve two-hour divisions of the day syn 后天 後天 hòu tiān the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天[xian1 tian1]) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori 时日 時日 shí rì time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day syn 