日 rì sun / day / date, day of the month syn 那天 nà tiān that day / the other day 婚礼 婚禮 hūn lǐ wedding ceremony / wedding / CL:場|场[chang3] 经常 經常 jīng cháng frequently / constantly / regularly / often / day-to-day / everyday / daily syn 整天 zhěng tiān all day long / whole day syn 大事 dà shì major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 白天 bái tiān daytime / during the day / day / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 婚纱 婚紗 hūn shā wedding dress / CL:身[shen1] 纪念日 紀念日 jì niàn rì day of commemoration / memorial day syn 日常 rì cháng day-to-day / daily / everyday 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 婚约 婚約 hūn yuē engagement / wedding contract 整日 zhěng rì all day long / the whole day syn 婚宴 hūn yàn wedding reception syn 日益 rì yì day by day / more and more / increasingly / more and more with each passing day syn 婚事 hūn shì wedding / marriage / CL:門|门[men2],樁|桩[zhuang1] 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 女方 nǚ fāng the bride's side (of a wedding) / of the bride's party 劳动节 勞動節 láo dòng jié International Labor Day (May Day) syn 当日 當日 dàng rì that very day / the same day syn 喜事 xǐ shì happy occasion / wedding syn 改日 gǎi rì another day / some other day syn 迎娶 yíng qǔ (of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony / (fig.) to take as one's wife / to marry (a woman) syn 初一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school syn 证婚人 證婚人 zhèng hūn rén wedding witness syn 日趋 日趨 rì qū (increasing) day by day / (more critical) with every passing day / gradually syn 日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn 喜帖 xǐ tiě wedding invitation 大后天 大後天 dà hòu tiān three days from now / day after day after tomorrow 艳阳天 艷陽天 yàn yáng tiān bright sunny day / blazing hot day 证婚 證婚 zhèng hūn to be witness (at a wedding) syn 吉日 jí rì propitious day / lucky day syn 初二 chū èr 2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year 喜宴 xǐ yàn wedding banquet syn 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 连日 連日 lián rì day after day / for several days running syn 喜酒 xǐ jiǔ wedding feast / liquor drunk at a wedding feast syn 交杯酒 jiāo bēi jiǔ formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as traditional wedding ceremony 逐日 zhú rì day-by-day / daily / on a daily basis syn 拜天地 bài tiān dì to worship heaven and earth / ritual kneeling by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony / also called 拜堂 syn 婚庆 婚慶 hūn qìng wedding celebration 上头 上頭 shàng tóu (of alcohol, love etc) to go to one’s head / (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head / to capture one's attention / (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait) syn 成日 chéng rì all day long / the whole day / the whole time syn 初夜 chū yè early evening / wedding night / (fig.) first sexual encounter 婚纱摄影 婚紗攝影 hūn shā shè yǐng wedding photos (done in studio, kit and caboodle taken care of by the studio) 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 喜糖 xǐ táng sweet given on a happy occasion (esp. wedding) 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 日臻 rì zhēn to reach day after day for 拜堂 bài táng ritual kneeling to heaven and earth by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony / same as 拜天地 百年好合 bǎi nián hǎo hé may you live a long and happy life together (wedding greeting) 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] 结婚纪念日 結婚紀念日 jié hūn jì niàn rì wedding anniversary 婚典 hūn diǎn wedding / marriage celebration 盈门 盈門 yíng mén lit. fill the door / fill the house (at a wedding or auspicious occasion) 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 婚 hūn to marry / marriage / wedding / to take a wife syn 日复一日 日復一日 rì fù yī rì day after day 傧相 儐相 bīn xiàng attendant of the bride or bridegroom at a wedding 花童 huā tóng page boy / flower girl (at a wedding) 纸婚 紙婚 zhǐ hūn paper wedding (first wedding anniversary) 银婚 銀婚 yín hūn silver wedding (25th wedding anniversary) 喜筵 xǐ yán wedding banquet / congratulatory feast syn 吹鼓手 chuī gǔ shǒu (old) musicians at a wedding cortege or funeral procession / (fig.) trumpeter of sb's praises / booster syn 天 tiān day / sky / heaven syn 次 cì next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time syn 每天 měi tiān every day syn 星期 xīng qī week / CL:個|个[ge4] / day of the week / Sunday syn 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 今 jīn now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc) syn 末日 mò rì last day / end / final days / doomsday syn 感恩节 感恩節 gǎn ēn jié Thanksgiving Day 至今 zhì jīn so far / to this day / until now syn 放学 放學 fàng xué to dismiss students at the end of the school day syn 望 朢 wàng 15th day of month (lunar calendar) / old variant of 望[wang4] syn 天天 tiān tiān every day syn 当天 當天 dàng tiān the same day syn 情人节 情人節 qíng rén jié Valentine's Day 祖先 zǔ xiān ancestors / forebears / (biology) ancestral species / ancient species from which present-day species evolved syn 开张 開張 kāi zhāng to open a business / first transaction of a business day syn 成天 chéng tiān (coll.) all day long / all the time 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 假日 jià rì a holiday / a day off syn 每日 měi rì daily / (soup etc) of the day syn 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 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 半天 bàn tiān half of the day / a long time / quite a while / midair / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 收工 shōu gōng to stop work for the day (generally of laborers) / to knock off syn 后天 後天 hòu tiān the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天[xian1 tian1]) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori 时日 時日 shí rì time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day syn 三八 sān bā International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节[Fu4 nu:3 jie2], 8th March / foolish / stupid 日夜 rì yè day and night / around the clock syn 