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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

不会吧？我看看单子。嗯，是错了。现在是旺季，师傅都忙得焦头烂额，所以搞错了。这样吧，我让他改改。

bùhuì ba ？wǒ kànkan dānzi 。ng4 ，shì cuò le 。xiànzài shì wàngjì ，shīfu dōu máng de jiāotóulàn é ，suǒyǐ gǎocuò le 。zhèyàng ba ，wǒ ràng tā gǎigai 。

There must be some mistake...? Let me see the order form. Oh, it is wrong. This is the busy season, and the master tailor is running around with his hair on fire, so he made a mistake. How 'bout I have him touch it up?

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你拿这个单子去收银台付钱。

nǐ ná zhè ge dānzi qù shōuyíntái fùqián 。

Take this list over to the cashier to pay.

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这张单子给你，写一下收件人跟寄件人的联络资讯。

zhè zhāng dānzi gěi nǐ ，xiě yīxià shōujiànrén gēn jìjiànrén de liánluò zīxùn 。

Here is a form. Please fill out the contact information of the receiver and the sender.

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先拿这些单子去交钱，然后去B超室外面等吧。除了B超，还有些别的检查。

xiān ná zhèxiē dānzi qù jiāoqián ，ránhòu qù B chāo shì wàimian děng ba 。chúle B chāo ，háiyǒu xiē biéde jiǎnchá 。

First, take these forms and go pay your bill. Then go wait outside the ultrasound room. In addition to the ultrasound, we need to do a few other tests.

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新西兰的景点也是多如牛毛。我列了个单子，在这里，你自己看。

xīn xīlán de jǐngdiǎn yě shì duōrúniúmáo 。wǒ liè le gè dānzi ，zài zhèlǐ ，nǐzìjǐ kàn 。

There are more things to see in New Zealand than there are hairs on a cow. I wrote a list, here it is, take a look yourself.

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单子每个月会寄到信箱里，你到便利店里交一下就行。

dānzi měi ge yuè huì jìdào xìnxiāng lǐ ，nǐ dào biànlìdiàn lǐ jiāo yīxià jiù xíng 。

The bills will be in the mailbox every month. You can just go to the convenience store to pay them.

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老婆，真的，不是骗你，我发现在浴场里谈生意效果特别好。我最近的几个大单子，都是在浴场签下来的。

lǎopó ，zhēnde ，bùshì piàn nǐ ，wǒ fāxiàn zài yùchǎng lǐ tán shēngyi xiàoguǒ tèbié hǎo 。wǒ zuìjìn de jǐ ge dà dānzi ，dōu shì zài yùchǎng qiān xiàlái de 。

Honey, really, I'm not lying to you. I've found that I get really good results discussing business in a bath house. I secured my last few big deals at the bath house.

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张总，我们又签了一个大单子。

Zhāng Zǒng ，wǒmen yòu qiān le yī ge dà dānzi 。

Mr. Zhang, we signed another big contract.

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