to write without lifting one's pen from the paper / (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)
qualities that delight children (e.g. bold colors in a picture, anthropomorphized characters in a TV show, the physical challenge of playground equipment)
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
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
lit. firebird soars, phoenix alights (idiom) / fig. bold, graceful calligraphy / married couple separated from each other / talented person not given the opportunity to fulfill his potential
lit. the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 樂昌公主|乐昌公主[Le4chang1 Gong1zhu3] (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.) (idiom) / fig. the reunion of separated lovers or the restoration of a relationship
"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
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
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
Subgroup on Refugee Children and Children in Armed Conflict
The four tones
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