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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

枯叶蝶伪装成叶子、变色龙改变自己的颜色都是为了躲避天敌、保护自己。

kūyèdié wěizhuāng chéng yèzi 、biànsèlóng gǎibiàn zìjǐ de yánsè dōu shì wèile duǒbì tiāndí 、bǎohù zìjǐ 。

Orange Oakleaves mask as leaves and chameleons change their skin color in order to avoid predators and to protect themselves.

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比如枯叶蝶顾名思义，它的颜色和形状就像一片枯叶一样，所以当它停在树枝上时，乍看之下就跟普通的叶子一样。

bǐrú kūyèdié gùmíngsīyì ，tā de yánsè hé xíngzhuàng jiù xiàng yī piàn kūyè yīyàng ，suǒyǐ dāng tā tíng zài shùzhī shàng shí ，zhàkànzhīxià jiù gēn pǔtōng de yèzi yīyàng 。

For example, the Orange Oakleaf, as evident from its name, has wings that are of the colors of a dead leaf. So when it lands on a branch, it looks exactly like a normal leaf at a glance.

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会啊，我们那里可以说四季分明，秋天一到，公园的树开始变黄或变红，绿的、黄的、红的叶子层层叠叠，美呆了。

huì ā ，wǒmen nàlǐ kěyǐ shuō sìjì fēnmíng ，qiūtiān yī dào ，gōngyuán de shù kāishǐ biàn huáng huò biàn hóng ，lǜ de 、huáng de 、hóng de yèzi céngcéngdiédié ，měi dāi le 。

Yes. You could say that we have four separate seasons. As soon as Autumn arrives, the trees in the park start to turn yellow and red. Green, yellow and red leaves pile up on top of each other, it's really stunning.

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因为秋天叶子会变红，很漂亮，天气不太冷，也不太热。

yīnwèi qiūtiān yèzi huì biàn hóng ，hěn piàoliang ，tiānqì bùtài lěng ，yě bùtài rè 。

Because in Autumn the leaves turn red, it's so pretty and the weather's not too cold and not too hot.

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