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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)

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

对啊，我这是到月亮上来接受惩罚来了。对了，嫦娥仙子，一直也没好意思问您，您又是为什么到月亮上来了呢？

duìa ，wǒ zhè shì dào yuèliàng shànglái jiēshòu chéngfá lái le 。duìle ，Cháng\'é xiānzǐ ，yīzhí yě méi hǎoyìsi wèn nín ，nín yòu shì wèishénme dào yuèliàng shàng lái le ne ？

Yes, I'm here on the moon to receive a punishment. Oh yeah, Immortal Chang'e, I never dared ask you, why did you end up on the moon?

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这个我倒没怎么看过。你们男生啊，就是喜欢那些打打杀杀的动画。我还是喜欢《花仙子》和《蓝精灵》，人物可爱，画面漂亮，主题歌也很好听。

zhège wǒ dào méizěnme kàn guo 。nǐmen nánshēng ā ，jiùshì xǐhuan nàxiē dǎdǎshāshā de dònghuà 。wǒ háishì xǐhuan 《Huāxiānzǐ 》hé 《Lánjīnglíng 》，rénwù kě'ài ，huàmiàn piàoliang ，zhǔtígē yě hěn hǎotīng 。

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