呆子
dāi zi
Pinyin
Definition
呆子
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- fool
- sucker
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 son
- 1 foolish
- 2 stupid
- 3 expressionless
- 4 blank
- 5 to stay
- 1 woman
- 2 female
- 1 wife and children
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 1 rebels and traitors (idiom)
- 2 general term for scoundrel
仁人君子
- 1 people of good will (idiom); charitable person
Sample Sentences
想不到高科技也不是那么阳春白雪的东西,看来你也不只是个书呆子。
I had no idea that high technology wasn't some elite thing. You're not just a geek after all.
呵呵,认识一个书呆子还是挺有用的!
Heh heh, it can be quite useful, knowing a nerd!
但是我们班的男生太丑了,都是书呆子。
But the boys in our class are too ugly, and are all bookworms.