纪念日
jì niàn rì
Pinyin

Definition

纪念日
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jì niàn rì
  1. day of commemoration
  2. memorial day

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今日
jīn rì
  1. 1 today
日
Rì
  1. 1 abbr. for 日本[Rì běn], Japan
日子
rì zi
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 a (calendar) date
  3. 3 days of one's life
日本
Rì běn
  1. 1 Japan
生日
shēng rì
  1. 1 birthday
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
信念
xìn niàn
  1. 1 faith
  2. 2 belief
  3. 3 conviction
假日
jià rì
  1. 1 holiday
  2. 2 non-working day
即日
jí rì
  1. 1 this or that very day
  2. 2 in the next few days
向日葵
xiàng rì kuí
  1. 1 sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
念
niàn
  1. 1 variant of 念[niàn], to read aloud
夏日
xià rì
  1. 1 summertime
工作日
gōng zuò rì
  1. 1 workday
  2. 2 working day
  3. 3 weekday
平日
píng rì
  1. 1 ordinary day
  2. 2 everyday
  3. 3 ordinarily
  4. 4 usually
往日
wǎng rì
  1. 1 former days
  2. 2 the past
念叨
niàn dao
  1. 1 to talk about often
  2. 2 to reminisce about
  3. 3 to keep repeating
  4. 4 to keep harping on
  5. 5 to discuss
念念不忘
niàn niàn bù wàng
  1. 1 to keep in mind constantly (idiom)
念头
niàn tou
  1. 1 thought
  2. 2 idea
  3. 3 intention
思念
sī niàn
  1. 1 to think of
  2. 2 to long for
  3. 3 to miss
惦念
diàn niàn
  1. 1 to constantly have (sb or sth) on one's mind
想念
xiǎng niàn
  1. 1 to miss
  2. 2 to remember with longing
  3. 3 to long to see again

Idioms (20)

一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū
  1. 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一日之计在于晨
yī rì zhī jì zài yú chén
  1. 1 make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)
  2. 2 early morning is the golden time of the day
一日之雅
yī rì zhī yǎ
  1. 1 lit. friends for a day (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. casual acquaintance
一日千里
yī rì qiān lǐ
  1. 1 lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress
一日为师，终身为父
yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù
  1. 1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
不可同日而语
bù kě tóng rì ér yǔ
  1. 1 lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath
  2. 2 incomparable
不念旧恶
bù niàn jiù è
  1. 1 do not recall old grievances (idiom, from Analects); forgive and forget
不见天日
bù jiàn tiān rì
  1. 1 all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice
世风日下
shì fēng rì xià
  1. 1 public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom)
今日事今日毕
jīn rì shì jīn rì bì
  1. 1 never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)
来日方长
lái rì fāng cháng
  1. 1 the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later
  2. 2 We'll cross that bridge when we get there
偷天换日
tōu tiān huàn rì
  1. 1 to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom)
  2. 2 skulduggery
  3. 3 to hoodwink people
  4. 4 to cheat sb audaciously
光天化日
guāng tiān huà rì
  1. 1 the full light of day (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. peace and prosperity
  3. 3 in broad daylight
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒
bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán
  1. 1 three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
同日而语
tóng rì ér yǔ
  1. 1 lit. to speak of two things on the same day (idiom); to mention things on equal terms (often with negatives: you can't mention X at the same time as Y)
在家千日好，出门一时难
zài jiā qiān rì hǎo , chū mén yī shí nán
  1. 1 lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. there's no place like home
夜以继日
yè yǐ jì rì
  1. 1 night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
天长日久
tiān cháng rì jiǔ
  1. 1 after a long time (idiom)
如日中天
rú rì zhōng tiān
  1. 1 lit. like the sun at noon (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc

Sample Sentences

其实后天是我和老公结婚七周年纪念日。我想来想去，不知道该送什么好。你比较有品味，帮我参谋参谋呗？
qíshí hòutiān shì wǒ hé lǎogōng jiéhūn qī zhōunián jìniànrì 。wǒ xiǎng lái xiǎng qù ，bù zhīdào gāi sòng shénme hǎo 。nǐ bǐjiào yǒu pǐnwèi ，bāng wǒ cānmóu cānmóu bei ？
Actually, the day after tomorrow is the seventh wedding anniversary for my husband and me. I have thought it over and over, but I don't know what would be good to give him. You have good taste. Could you give me some advice?
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你还真有创意！这些标“心”的日子是纪念日？
nǐ hái zhēn yǒu chuàngyì ！zhèxiē biāo “xīn ”de rìzi shì jìniànrì ？
You're really creative! Are these days marked with a heart your anniversaries?
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是啊，节日和纪念日我都标出来了，这下他就不会忘记了。
shì a ，jiérì hé jìniànrì wǒ dōu biāo chūlái le ，zhèxià tā jiù bùhuì wàngjì le 。
Yep. I marked holidays and anniversaries. This way he won't forget them.
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