宝葫芦的秘密 寶葫蘆的秘密 bǎo hú lu de mì mì Secret of the Magic Gourd (1958), prize-winning children's fairy tale by Zhang Tianyi 張天翼|张天翼[Zhang1 Tian1 yi4] 张天翼 張天翼 zhāng tiān yì Zhang Tianyi (1906-1985), children's writer, author of prize-winning fairy tale Secret of the Magic Gourd 寶葫蘆的秘密|宝葫芦的秘密[Bao3 hu2 lu5 de5 Mi4 mi4] 精灵 精靈 jīng líng spirit / fairy / elf / sprite / genie syn 神话 神話 shén huà legend / fairy tale / myth / mythology 神仙 shén xiān Daoist immortal / supernatural entity / (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc / fig. lighthearted person syn 仙子 xiān zǐ fairy syn 仙女 xiān nǚ fairy syn 天仙 tiān xiān immortal (esp. female) / deity / fairy / Goddess / fig. beautiful woman syn 玉女 yù nǚ beautiful woman / fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals / (polite) sb else's daughter / Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM syn 童话故事 童話故事 tóng huà gù shì fairy tale 小仙女 xiǎo xiān nǚ girl fairy / beautiful girl or young woman / (neologism) (slang) irrational and egocentric young woman 萤火 螢火 yíng huǒ light of firefly / fairy light 仙山琼阁 仙山瓊閣 xiān shān qióng gé jeweled palace in the fairy mountain syn 仙八色鸫 仙八色鶇 xiān bā sè dōng (bird species of China) fairy pitta (Pitta nympha) 琅嬛 láng huán mythical fairy realm 九天玄女 jiǔ tiān xuán nǚ Xuan Nü, a fairy in Chinese mythology 和平鸟 和平鳥 hé píng niǎo (bird species of China) Asian fairy-bluebird (Irena puella) 黄腹扇尾鹟 黃腹扇尾鶲 huáng fù shàn wěi wēng (bird species of China) yellow-bellied fantail / yellow-bellied fairy fantail (Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus) 神女有心，襄王无梦 神女有心，襄王無夢 shén nǚ yǒu xīn , xiāng wáng wú mèng lit. the fairy is willing, but King Xiang doesn't dream (idiom) / (said of a woman's unrequited love) 弱小 ruò xiǎo small and weak / puny / the small and weak / children / women and children syn 慈爱 慈愛 cí ài love / devotion (to children) / affection, esp. towards children syn 少年宫 少年宮 shào nián gōng Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities 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 拖油瓶 tuō yóu píng (derog.) (of a woman) to bring one's children into a second marriage / children by a previous marriage 暖巢管家 nuǎn cháo guǎn jiā housekeeper who looks after old people with no children or whose children do not live with them 留守儿童 留守兒童 liú shǒu ér tóng "left-behind children", rural children whose parents have to make a living as migrant workers in distant urban areas, but cannot afford to keep the family with them 解放儿童 Free the Children / Kids Can Free the Children 负责暴力侵害儿童问题的秘书长特别代表 Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children / Special Representative on violence against children 对受灾儿童的核心承诺 Core Commitments for Children in Emergencies / Core Commitments for Children 安全理事会儿童与武装冲突问题工作组 Working Group of the Security Council on Children and Armed Conflict / Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict 儿童与武装冲突问题工作组 Working Group of the Security Council on Children and Armed Conflict / Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict 国际儿童环境会议 國際兒童環境會議 International Children's Conference on the Environment / Children's Conference on the Environment 儿童环境会议 兒童環境會議 International Children's Conference on the Environment / Children's Conference on the Environment 跨国收养方面保护儿童及合作海牙公约 跨國收養方面保護兒童及合作海牙公約 Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in respect of Intercountry Adoption / Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in respect of Intercountry Adoption 跨国收养方面保护儿童及合作公约 跨國收養方面保護兒童及合作公約 Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in respect of Intercountry Adoption / Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in respect of Intercountry Adoption 难民儿童和武装冲突中的儿童问题分组 難民兒童和武裝沖突中的兒童問題分組 Subgroup on Refugee Children and Children in Armed Conflict 儿童对儿童网络倡议 兒童對兒童網絡倡議 children-to-children network initiative 儿童问题区域网络 兒童問題區域網絡 NGO / UNICEF Regional Network for Children in Central and Eastern Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States and Baltic States / Regional Network for Children 孩奴 hái nú "a slave to one's children", hard-working parents who would do everything to ensure their children's well-being, in disregard of their own needs 少年之家 shào nián zhī jiā children's center / children's club 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn 阿凡提 ā fán tí the Effendi (Nasreddin), the hero of folk tales of the Muslim world, known for his wisdom and humor 阿拉丁 ā lā dīng Aladdin, character in one of the tales in the The Book of One Thousand and One Nights 织女 織女 zhī nǚ Vega (star) / Weaving girl of folk tales syn 月宫 月宮 yuè gōng Palace in the Moon (in folk tales) syn 掌故 zhǎng gù anecdote / tales (esp. about a historical figure) syn 世说新语 世說新語 shì shuō xīn yǔ A New Account of the Tales of the World, collection of anecdotes, conversations, remarks etc of historic personalities, compiled and edited by Liu Yiqing 劉義慶|刘义庆[Liu2 Yi4 qing4] 搬弄是非 bān nòng shì fēi to incite a quarrel (idiom) / to sow discord between people / to tell tales / to make mischief syn 十日谈 十日談 shí rì tán Decameron, collection of 100 tales of love supposedly told by ten young people in ten days, written by Giovanni Boccaccio 薄伽丘[Bo2 jia1 qiu1] 刘义庆 劉義慶 liú yì qìng Liu Yiqing (403-444), writer of South Song Dynasty, compiler and editor of A New Account of the Tales of the World 世說新語|世说新语[Shi4 shuo1 Xin1 yu3] 搬唇递舌 搬唇遞舌 bān chún dì shé to pass on stories (idiom) / to sow dissension / to blab / to tell tales 死无对证 死無對證 sǐ wú duì zhèng the dead cannot testify (idiom) / dead men tell no tales 奇谈怪论 奇談怪論 qí tán guài lùn strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom) / unreasonable remarks syn 聊斋志异 聊齋志異 liáo zhāi zhì yì Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡|蒲松龄[Pu2 Song1 ling2] 上下五千年 shàng xià wǔ qiān nián Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹餘章|曹余章[Cao2 Yu2 zhang1] 古今小说 古今小說 gǔ jīn xiǎo shuō Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[Feng2 Meng4 long2], collection of late Ming baihua 白話|白话[bai2 hua4] tales published in 1620 挑拨是非 挑撥是非 tiǎo bō shì fēi to incite a quarrel (idiom) / to sow discord between people / to tell tales / to make mischief 搬口 bān kǒu to pass on stories (idiom) / to sow dissension / to blab / to tell tales 晏子春秋 yàn zǐ chūn qiū Tales of Yanzi, book describing the life and wisdom of Yanzi 晏子 (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States 曹余章 曹餘章 cáo yú zhāng Cao Yuzhang (1924-1996), modern writer and publisher, author of Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History 上下五千年[Shang4 xia4 Wu3 Qian1 nian2] 讲史 講史 jiǎng shǐ historical tales 风水先生 風水先生 fēng shuǐ xiān sheng feng shui master / geomancer / stock figure in folk tales, as a wise adviser or a charlatan 乔叟 喬叟 qiáo sǒu Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集[Kan3 te4 bo2 lei2 Gu4 shi4 Ji2] 杰弗里・乔叟 傑弗里・喬叟 jié fú lǐ · qiáo sǒu Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集[Kan3 te4 bo2 lei2 Gu4 shi4 Ji2] 坎特伯雷故事集 kǎn tè bó lái gù shì jí The Canterbury Tales, collection of stories by Geoffrey Chaucer 喬叟|乔叟[Qiao2 sou3] 坎特伯雷故事集 kǎn tè bó léi gù shì jí The Canterbury Tales, collection of stories by Geoffrey Chaucer 喬叟|乔叟[Qiao2 sou3] 杰弗里·乔叟 傑弗里·喬叟 jié fú lǐ · qiáo sǒu Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集[Kan3 te4 bo2 lei2 Gu4 shi4 Ji2] 志怪小说 志怪小說 zhì guài xiǎo shuō tales of the supernatural (genre of fiction) 大小 dà xiǎo large and small / size / adults and children / consideration of seniority / at any rate syn 妻子 qī zǐ wife and children syn 孩子们 孩子們 hái zi men children 子女 zǐ nǚ children / sons and daughters syn 亲情 親情 qīn qíng affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children 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 玩耍 wán shuǎ to play (as children do) / to amuse oneself syn 童装 童裝 tóng zhuāng children's clothing syn 生子 shēng zǐ to give birth to a child or children 哈利波特 hā lì bō tè Harry Potter (children's book character) 妇幼 婦幼 fù yòu women and children 儿童节 兒童節 ér tóng jié Children's Day 娃儿 娃兒 wá ér children (colloquial) syn 少儿不宜 少兒不宜 shào ér bù yí not suitable for children 保育 bǎo yù to look after (children) / childcare / to protect (wildlife, cultural heritage etc) / conservation syn 压岁钱 壓歲錢 yā suì qián money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve 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 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 家小 jiā xiǎo wife and children / wife syn 纳尼亚 納尼亞 nà ní yà Narnia, children's fantasy world in stories by C.S. Lewis 教子 jiào zǐ to educate one's children / godson 膝下 xī xià at the knee (in reference to children) / (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents) syn 生育能力 shēng yù néng lì fertility / ability to have children 滑梯 huá tī (children's) sliding board / a slide 家眷 jiā juàn one's wife and children syn 生养 生養 shēng yǎng to bring up (children) / to raise / to bear syn 王孙 王孫 wáng sūn children of the nobility syn 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) 转椅 轉椅 zhuàn yǐ swivel chair / children's roundabout 失学儿童 失學儿童 shī xué r tóng out-of-school children 