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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

我是从小服侍你的紫月啊，小姐！你怎么连我都不认识了。难道真如太医所说，你从亭子上摔下来可能会把脑子摔坏？

wǒ shì cóngxiǎo fúshì nǐ de Zǐyuè a ，xiǎojie ！nǐ zěnme lián wǒ dōu bù rènshi le 。nándào zhēn rú tàiyī suǒ shuō ，nǐ cóng tíngzi shàng shuāi xiàlai kěnéng huì bǎ nǎozi shuāi huài ？

I'm Zi Yue, the one who's waited upon you since you were young, miss! How do you not even recognize me? Could it be just as the royal physician said? That after falling from the pavilion, your brain would be scrambled?

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不要以为这份雅致只属于“资产阶级”。它也是那些住在弄堂里、睡在亭子间干干净净小木床上的女孩子们的做派。

bùyào yǐwéi zhè fèn yǎzhì zhǐ shǔyú “zīchǎn jiējí ”。tā yě shì nàxiē zhùzài lòngtáng lǐ 、shuì zài tíngzijiān gāngānjìngjìng xiǎo mùchuáng shàng de nǚháizi men de zuòpài 。

Don't go thinking that this elegance is just for the ``bourgeoisie." It's also a way of life for the girls who live in the lanes and sleep on tiny, immaculate little wooden beds in the garrets.

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