单 單 dān bill / list / form / single / only / sole / odd number / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 比尔 比爾 bǐ ěr Bill (name) 方案 fāng àn plan / program (for action etc) / proposal / proposed bill / CL:個|个[ge4],套[tao4] 单子 單子 dān zi list of items / bill / form / bedsheet syn 账单 賬單 zhàng dān bill 法案 fǎ àn bill / proposed law syn 钞票 鈔票 chāo piào paper money / a bill (e.g. 100 yuan) / CL:張|张[zhang1],紮|扎[za1] syn 提案 tí àn proposal / draft resolution / motion (to be debated) / to propose a bill / to make a proposal syn 付清 fù qīng to pay in full / to pay all of a bill / to pay off syn 弱小 ruò xiǎo small and weak / puny / the small and weak / children / women and children syn 克林顿 克林頓 kè lín dùn Clinton (name) / Bill Clinton (1946-), US Democratic politician, President 1993-2001 / Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician 发票 發票 fā piào invoice / receipt / bill / uniform invoice (abbr. for 統一發票|统一发票[tong3yi1 fa1piao4]) syn 慈爱 慈愛 cí ài love / devotion (to children) / affection, esp. towards children syn 结账 結賬 jié zhàng to settle accounts / to pay the bill 结算 結算 jié suàn to settle a bill / to close an account 余额 餘額 yú é balance (of an account, bill etc) / surplus / remainder 掏腰包 tāo yāo bāo to dip into one's pocket / to pay out of pocket / to foot the bill syn 戈尔 戈爾 gē ěr Gore (name) / Al Gore (1948-), US vice-president 1993-2001 under Bill Clinton, subsequently environmental campaigner and Nobel Peace laureate 汇票 匯票 huì piào bill of exchange / bank draft syn 美钞 美鈔 měi chāo US dollar bill / greenback 水费 水費 shuǐ fèi water bill 提货单 提貨單 tí huò dān bill of lading syn 少年宫 少年宮 shào nián gōng Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities 凭单 憑單 píng dān bill of warrant (certificate, allowing one to collect money or valuables) syn 招贴 招貼 zhāo tiē poster / placard / bill syn 比尔盖茨 比爾蓋茨 bì ěr gài cí Bill Gates, Microsoft founder 提单 提單 tí dān bill of lading syn 买单 買單 mǎi dān to pay the restaurant bill 决算 決算 jué suàn final account / to calculate the final bill / fig. to draw up plans to deal with sth 帐单 帳單 zhàng dān bill / check 单证 單證 dān zhèng (international trade) documentation (e.g. a bill of lading) 贴息 貼息 tiē xī to discount the interest on a bill of exchange 埋单 埋單 mái dān to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese) / (fig.) to bear responsibility 工程量清单 工程量清單 bill of quantities 工资总额 工資總額 gōng zī zǒng é wage bill 开单 開單 kāi dān to bill / to open a tab 六一儿童节 六一兒童節 liù yī ér tóng jié Children's Day (June 1st), PRC national holiday for children under 14 运单 運單 yùn dān way bill / transport charge 账册 賬冊 zhàng cè an account book / a ledger / a bill syn 账 賬 zhàng account / bill / debt / CL:本[ben3],筆|笔[bi3] syn 卿卿我我 qīng qīng wǒ wǒ to bill and coo (idiom) / to whisper sweet nothings to one another / to be very much in love syn 老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 大小 dà xiǎo large and small / size / adults and children / consideration of seniority / at any rate syn 童话 童話 tóng huà children's fairy tales 玩耍 wán shuǎ to play (as children do) / to amuse oneself syn 子女 zǐ nǚ children / sons and daughters syn 儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children / sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love) syn 跟前 gēn qian (of children, parents etc) at one's side / living with one syn 哈利波特 hā lì bō tè Harry Potter (children's book character) 纳尼亚 納尼亞 nà ní yà Narnia, children's fantasy world in stories by C.S. Lewis 亲情 親情 qīn qíng affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children syn 滑梯 huá tī (children's) sliding board / a slide 膝下 xī xià at the knee (in reference to children) / (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents) syn 生养 生養 shēng yǎng to bring up (children) / to raise / to bear syn 保育 bǎo yù to look after (children) / childcare / to protect (wildlife, cultural heritage etc) / conservation syn 生子 shēng zǐ to give birth to a child or children 家小 jiā xiǎo wife and children / wife syn 超生 chāo shēng (Buddhism) to be reincarnated / (fig.) to be lenient / to spare sb / to have more children than allowed under family planning policy syn 儿童节 兒童節 ér tóng jié Children's Day 娃儿 娃兒 wá ér children (colloquial) syn 童装 童裝 tóng zhuāng children's clothing syn 压岁钱 壓歲錢 yā suì qián money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve 家眷 jiā juàn one's wife and children syn 转椅 轉椅 zhuàn yǐ swivel chair / children's roundabout 童趣 tóng qù qualities that delight children (e.g. bold colors in a picture, anthropomorphized characters in a TV show, the physical challenge of playground equipment) syn 怕生 pà shēng fear of strangers / to be afraid of strangers (of small children) syn 妇幼 婦幼 fù yòu women and children 王孙 王孫 wáng sūn children of the nobility syn 入学率 入學率 rù xué lǜ percentage of children who enter school 妻子 qī zǐ wife and children syn 孩子们 孩子們 hái zi men children 少儿不宜 少兒不宜 shào ér bù yí not suitable for children 教子 jiào zǐ to educate one's children / godson 生育能力 shēng yù néng lì fertility / ability to have children 小熊维尼 小熊維尼 xiǎo xióng wéi ní Winnie-the-Pooh (bear character in children's stories by A. A. Milne adapted by Disney) 失学儿童 失學儿童 shī xué r tóng out-of-school children 小人书 小人書 xiǎo rén shū children's picture story book / CL:本[ben3] syn 惊风 驚風 jīng fēng infantile convulsion (illness affecting children esp. under the age of five, marked by muscular spasms) 相夫教子 xiàng fū jiào zǐ to assist one's husband and educate the children (idiom) / the traditional roles of a good wife 叶圣陶 葉聖陶 yè shèng táo Ye Shengtao (1894-1988), writer and editor, known esp. for children's books 家训 家訓 jiā xùn instructions to one's children / family precepts 联合国儿童基金会 聯合國兒童基金會 lián hé guó ér tóng jī jīn huì United Nations Children's Fund / UNICEF 国际儿童节 國際兒童節 guó jì ér tóng jié International Children's Day (June 1) 六亲 六親 liù qīn six close relatives, namely: father 父[fu4], mother 母[mu3], older brothers 兄[xiong1], younger brothers 弟[di4], wife 妻[qi1], male children 子[zi3] / one's kin syn 全托 全託 quán tuō full-time care (of children in a boarding nursery) 养 養 yǎng to raise (animals) / to bring up (children) / to keep (pets) / to support / to give birth syn 育 yù to have children / to raise or bring up / to educate syn 生儿育女 生兒育女 shēng ér yù nǚ to bear and raise children syn 青梅竹马 青梅竹馬 qīng méi zhú mǎ lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom) / fig. innocent children's games / childhood sweethearts / a couple who grew up as childhood friends syn 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 童言无忌 童言無忌 tóng yán wú jì children's words carry no harm (idiom) 爱民如子 愛民如子 ài mín rú zǐ (idiom) to love the common people as one's own children (praise for a virtuous ruler) syn 两讫 兩訖 liǎng qì received and paid for (business term) / the goods delivered and the bill settled syn 童床 tóng chuáng crib / children's bed 髫 tiáo (literary) hair hanging down in front (children's hairstyle) syn 靸 sǎ children's shoe (old) / to wear one's shoes babouche style 杀彘教子 殺彘教子 shā zhì jiào zǐ to kill a pig as a lesson to the children (idiom) / parents must teach by example 画荻教子 畫荻教子 huà dí jiào zǐ to write on the sand with reeds while teaching one's son (idiom) / mother's admirable dedication to her children's education 百年树人 百年樹人 bǎi nián shù rén (idiom) it takes many years to raise children to be upstanding citizens 