念日 niàn rì memorial day / commemoration day 缅怀大屠杀受难者国际纪念日 International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust 国际死伤工人纪念日 國際死傷工人紀念日 guó jì sǐ shāng gōng rén jì niàn rì International Commemoration Day for Dead and Injured Workers 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 征文 徵文 zhēng wén to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event) 纪念活动 紀念活動 jì niàn huó dòng commemoration / commemorative activity 庆祝巴基斯坦独立五十周年宣言 慶祝巴基斯坦獨立五十周年宣言 Declaration on the Commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Independence of Pakistan 第二次世界大战结束五十周年纪念宣言 第二次世界大戰結束五十周年紀念宣言 Declaration in Commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the End of the Second World War "贩奴之路"世界纪念活动 "販奴之路"世界紀念活動 World Commemoration of the "Slave Route" 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 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 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 每天 měi tiān every day syn 一天 yī tiān one day 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 天天 tiān tiān every day syn 至今 zhì jīn so far / to this day / until now syn 每日 měi rì daily / (soup etc) of the day syn 日前 rì qián the other day / a few days ago syn 第二天 dì èr tiān next day / the morrow 当天 當天 dàng tiān the same day syn 当天 當天 dāng tiān on that day syn 半天 bàn tiān half of the day / a long time / quite a while / midair / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 星期 xīng qī week / CL:個|个[ge4] / day of the week / Sunday 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 情人节 情人節 qíng rén jié Valentine's Day 当日 當日 dāng rì on that day syn 黄金周 黃金周 huáng jīn zhōu Golden Week, two 7-day national holiday periods 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 一号 一號 yī hào first day of the month / toilet / (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship) 假日 jià rì a holiday / a day off syn 工作日 gōng zuò rì workday / working day / weekday 新春 xīn chūn the beginning of Spring / the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day syn 国庆 國慶 guó qìng National Day 元旦 yuán dàn New Year's Day syn 半晌 bàn shǎng half of the day / a long time / quite a while 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 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 