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1 son
2 child
3 seed
4 egg
5 small thing
6 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat
7 Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]
8 ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)

孩子

hái zi

1 child

Idioms (20)

一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡

yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang

1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise

不入虎穴，焉得虎子

bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ

1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

不见兔子不撒鹰

bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng

1 you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)
2 one doesn't act without some incentive

乱臣贼子

luàn chén zéi zǐ

1 rebels and traitors (idiom)
2 general term for scoundrel

仁人君子

rén rén jūn zǐ

1 people of good will (idiom); charitable person

Sample Sentences

哎呀，那怎么好意思呢。不过，咱们俩谁跟谁啊，是吧小夏。那我就拿点熏肉、火腿肠、羊肉卷吧。哟，这个丸子和鸡翅也挺不错的。走了啊，过来玩哦。

āiyā ，nà zěnme hǎoyìsi ne 。bùguò ，zánmen liǎ shéigēnshéi a ，shì ba Xiǎoxià 。nà wǒ jiù ná diǎnr xūnròu 、huǒtuǐcháng 、yángròujuǎn ba 。yō ，zhè ge wánzi hé jīchì yě tǐng bùcuò de 。zǒu le a ，guòlai wán o 。

Oh, I couldn’t possibly do such a thing! But then again, we are such close friends, aren’t we, Xiao Xia? I’ll just take a little of this smoked meat, some spam sausages, and some of this mutton. Ah, these meat balls and chicken wings look fantastic. OK, I’m going! Come over and say hi!

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