集腋成裘 jí yè chéng qiú many hairs make a fur coat (idiom) / many small contributions add up to sth big / many a mickle makes a muckle syn 不正当竞争 不正當競爭 bù zhèng dàng jìng zhēng unfair competition / illicit competition 竞渡 競渡 jìng dù rowing competition / boat race / swimming competition (e.g. to cross river or lake) syn 不公平竞争和竞争政策问题专家会议 不公平競爭和競爭政策問題專家會議 Meeting of Experts on Unfair Competition and Competition Policies 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 多年 duō nián many years / for many years / longstanding syn 多方面 duō fāng miàn many-sided / in many aspects syn 多头 多頭 duō tóu many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment) syn 百家 bǎi jiā many schools of thought / many people or households 繁多 fán duō many and varied / of many different kinds syn 一波三折 yī bō sān zhé calligraphic flourish with many twists / fig. many twists and turns syn 多 duō many / much / more / a lot of / too many / in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi- / poly- syn 积少成多 積少成多 jī shǎo chéng duō (idiom) many little things add up to sth great / many little drops make an ocean syn 人多势众 人多勢眾 rén duō shì zhòng many men, a great force (idiom) / many hands provide great strength / There is safety in numbers. syn 更仆难数 更僕難數 gēng pú nán shǔ too many to count / very many / innumerable syn 虱多不痒 蝨多不癢 shī duō bù yǎng many fleas, but unconcerned (idiom) / no point in worrying about one debt when one has so many others / Troubles never come singly. / It never rains but it pours. 在很多方面 zài hěn duō fāng miàn in many aspects / in many regards 少成多 shǎo chéng duō Many little things add up to sth great (idiom) / many a mickle makes a muckle 多对多关系 多對多關系 many-to-many relationship 千里马常有，而伯乐不常有 千里馬常有，而伯樂不常有 qiān lǐ mǎ cháng yǒu , ér bó lè bù cháng yǒu lit. there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them (idiom) / fig. many have talent, but few can recognize talent when they see it 有数 有數 yǒu shù to have kept count / to know how many / (fig.) to know exactly how things stand / to know the score / not many / only a few syn 积少成多 積少成多 jī shǎo - chéng duō (idiom) many little things add up to sth great / many little drops make an ocean syn 聚沙成塔 jù shā - chéng tǎ lit. many sand grains accumulate to form a tower (idiom) / fig. many little things add up to sth great syn 几度 幾度 jǐ dù how many times / several times / how many degrees (in terms of temperature or angle) / several degrees / to what degree / to what extent syn 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 纪念日 紀念日 jì niàn rì day of commemoration / memorial day 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 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 念日 niàn rì memorial day / commemoration 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 比赛 比賽 bǐ sài competition (sports etc) / match / CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4] / to compete syn 竞争 競爭 jìng zhēng to compete / competition 得分 dé fēn to score a point (in a competition, test etc) / score / rating / grade 激烈 jī liè (of competition or fighting) intense / fierce / (of pain) acute / (of an expression of opinion) impassioned / vehement / (of a course of action) drastic / extreme syn 高潮 gāo cháo high tide / high water / upsurge / peak of activity / climax (of a story, a competition etc) / to have an orgasm 决赛 決賽 jué sài finals (of a competition) 竞赛 競賽 jìng sài to compete / to race / contest / competition / match / race syn 参赛 參賽 cān sài to compete / to take part in a competition 赛事 賽事 sài shì competition (e.g. sporting) 竞技 競技 jìng jì competition of skill (e.g. sports) / athletics tournament syn 全场 全場 quán chǎng everyone present / the whole audience / across-the-board / unanimously / whole duration (of a competition or match) 