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 发小 髮小 fà xiǎo (dialect) close childhood friend whom one grew up with / a couple who grew up as childhood friends 早期 zǎo qī early period / early phase / early stage syn 早睡早起 zǎo shuì zǎo qǐ early to bed, early to rise / to keep early hours 早睡早起 zǎo shuì - zǎo qǐ early to bed, early to rise / to keep early hours 手交 shǒu jiāo handjob / manual stimulation 小儿 小兒 xiǎo r (coll.) early childhood / baby boy syn 学前教育 學前教育 xué qián jiào yù preschool education / early childhood education 垂髫 chuí tiáo hair hanging down (child's hairstyle) / (fig.) young child / early childhood syn 儿童早期保教方桉 兒童早期保教方案 Early Childhood Care and Education 世界儿童早期教育组织 世界兒童早期教育組織 World Organization for Early Childhood Education 儿童早期发展 兒童早期發展 early childhood development 世界儿童早期保育与教育大会 世界兒童早期保育與教育大會 World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education 儿童早期保育和发展 兒童早期保育和發展 early childhood care for development 儿童早期 r tóng zǎo qī early childhood 儿童早期保育和发展方桉 兒童早期保育和發展方案 Early Childhood Care and Development Programme 儿童早期保育和发展协商小组 兒童早期保育和發展協商小組 Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development 儿童早期教育 兒童早期教育 early childhood education 儿童早期保育促进生存、发育和发展 兒童早期保育促進生存、發育和發展 early childhood care for survival, growth and development 童年早期综合行动计划 童年早期綜合行動計劃 Integrated Action Plan for Early Childhood 孕婴童 孕嬰童 yùn yīng tóng (market segment) maternity and early childhood 孕童 yùn tóng (market segment) maternity and early childhood 早日 zǎo rì soon / at an early date / the early days / the past syn 早退 zǎo tuì to leave early (before the stipulated finishing time) / to retire early (from one's job) 顾炎武 顧炎武 gù yán wǔ Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study 日知錄|日知录 虞世南 yú shì nán Yu Shinan (558-638), politician of Sui and early Tang periods, poet and calligrapher, one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家[Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 jia1] 早播 zǎo bō to plant early / to sow seeds in early spring 饥荒预警系统 飢荒預警系統 jī huāng yù jǐng xì tǒng Famine Early Warning System / Famine Early Warning System Network 早报警，早行动 早報警，早行動 Early Warning Early Action 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 从小 從小 cóng xiǎo from childhood / from a young age syn 小时候 小時候 xiǎo shí hou in one's childhood syn 童年 tóng nián childhood syn 懂事 dǒng shì to grow beyond the naivete of childhood / to be aware of what is going on in the world / (esp. of a child) sensible / thoughtful / intelligent syn 儿时 兒時 ér shí childhood syn 自幼 zì yòu since childhood syn 幼年 yòu nián childhood / infancy syn 小名 xiǎo míng pet name for a child / childhood name syn 幼时 幼時 yòu shí childhood syn 娇生惯养 嬌生慣養 jiāo shēng guàn yǎng pampered and spoiled since childhood syn 耳鬓厮磨 耳鬢廝磨 ěr bìn sī mó lit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom) / fig. (of a boy and a girl) to play together often during childhood syn 殇 殤 shāng to die in childhood / war dead syn 女大十八变 女大十八變 nǚ dà shí bā biàn lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom) / fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was 竹马之交 竹馬之交 zhú mǎ zhī jiāo childhood friend (idiom) 总角之交 總角之交 zǒng jiǎo zhī jiāo (idiom) childhood friend 总角之好 總角之好 zǒng jiǎo zhī hǎo (idiom) childhood friend 稚气未脱 稚氣未脫 zhì qì wèi tuō still possessing the innocence of childhood (idiom) syn 儿童残疾技术支助方桉 兒童殘疾技術支助方案 Technical Support Programme on Childhood Disability 儿童政策项目 r tóng zhèng cè xiàng mù Childhood Policies Project 国际癌症患儿家长组织联合会 International Confederation of Childhood Cancer Parent Organisations 城市儿童会议 城市兒童會議 Urban Childhood Conference 消除儿童铅中毒联盟 消除兒童鉛中毒聯盟 Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning 保护儿童和青少年免受暴力侵害综合系统 保護兒童和青少年免受暴力侵害綜合系統 Integral System of Protection of Childhood and Adolescence against Violence 儿童肥胖症 兒童肥胖癥 childhood obesity 防治儿童传染病 防治兒童傳染病 control of childhood communicable diseases 新生儿和儿童疾病综合管理 新生兒和兒童疾病綜合管理 Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness 儿童疾病综合管理 兒童疾病綜合管理 Integrated Management of Childhood Illness 儿童白血病 兒童白血病 childhood leukemia 阿拉伯儿童与发展理事会 阿拉伯兒童與發展理事會 Arab Council for Childhood and Development 幼年教育国际协会 幼年教育國際協會 Association for Childhood Education International 儿童残疾科 兒童殘疾科 Childhood Disability Section 儿童残疾 兒童殘疾 childhood disability 冲龄 沖齡 chōng líng childhood (typically used in reference to an emperor) 起小 qǐ xiǎo since childhood 打小 dǎ xiǎo (dialect) from childhood / from a young age 总角 總角 zǒng jiǎo (literary) children's hairstyle with hair tied into a bun on both sides of the head / (fig.) childhood syn 少年 shào nián early youth / youngster / (literary) youth / young man syn 先后 先後 xiān hòu early or late / first and last / priority / in succession / one after another syn 早上 zǎo shang early morning / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 前期 qián qī preceding period / early stage syn 早在 zǎo zài as early as 早晨 zǎo chén early morning / CL:個|个[ge4] / also pr. [zao3chen5] syn 凌晨 líng chén very early in the morning / in the wee hours syn 清晨 qīng chén early morning syn 预警 預警 yù jǐng warning / early warning 一早 yī zǎo early in the morning / at dawn syn 尽早 儘早 jǐn zǎo as early as possible syn 上古 shàng gǔ the distant past / ancient times / antiquity / early historical times syn 开局 開局 kāi jú opening (chess etc) / early stage of game, match, work, activity etc syn 早年 zǎo nián many years ago / in the past / in one's early years syn 早起 zǎo qǐ to get up early syn 早熟 zǎo shú precocious / early-maturing syn 甲骨文 jiǎ gǔ wén oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script) 他 tā (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he / him / his / (bound form) other / another / some other (as in 他日[ta1ri4] and 他人[ta1ren2]) syn 下半身 xià bàn shēn lower half of one's body / Lower Body (Chinese poetry movement of the early 21st century) syn 适才 適才 shì cái just now / a moment ago (often used in the early vernacular) syn 早春 zǎo chūn early spring syn 大哥大 dà gē dà cell phone (bulky, early-model one) / brick phone / mob boss syn 都督 dū dū (army) commander-in-chief (archaic) / provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) 初夏 chū xià early summer syn 初夜 chū yè early evening / wedding night / (fig.) first sexual encounter 诗经 詩經 shī jīng Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1] 郑和 鄭和 zhèng hé Zheng He (1371-1433), famous early Ming dynasty admiral and explorer 早逝 zǎo shì early demise / untimely death syn 咱家 zá jiā I / me / my / (often used in early vernacular literature) syn 初年 chū nián early years 清明节 清明節 qīng míng jié Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April) 中班 zhōng bān middle shift / swing shift / early night shift / middle class in kindergarten (4-5 year olds) 近代史 jìn dài shǐ modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century) 