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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

那你只能偷看了，瞟一下旁边同学的卷子。这样没证据，就算老师抓住了也好狡辩。

nà nǐ zhǐnéng tōukàn le ，piǎo yīxià pángbiān tóngxué de juànzi 。zhèyàng méi zhèngjù ，jiùsuàn lǎoshī zhuāzhù le yě hǎo jiǎobiàn 。

Then you just look discreetly. Glance at the paper of a nearby classmate. This way there's no proof. Even if the teacher catches you, you can argue it.

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这学期要开始学习从句，定语从句、主语从句都是高考的考点。你连分词都搞不清，怎么学从句啊！回去先做十张语法卷子，要是下次还不及格，就把你爸爸叫来！

zhè xuéqī yào kāishǐ xuéxí cóngjù ，dìngyǔcóngjù 、zhǔyǔcóngjù dōu shì gāokǎo de kǎodiǎn 。nǐ lián fēncí dōu gǎobùqīng ，zěnme xué cóngjù a ！huíqu xiān zuò shí zhāng yǔfǎ juànzi ，yàoshì xiàcì hái bùjígé ，jiù bǎ nǐ bàba jiào lái ！

This semester we are going to start studying subordinate clauses, attributive clauses and subject clauses. These are all topics on the gaokao. If you aren't even clear on participles, how can you study subordinate clauses? Go back and do 10 grammar worksheets. Next time, if you still don't pass, then I'm going to call your father!

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