1 son

1 woman

2 female

1 wife and children

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)

1 child

1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)

2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise

1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)

2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch

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

1 you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)

2 one doesn't act without some incentive

1 rebels and traitors (idiom)

2 general term for scoundrel