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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

我是看的美联社的报导。据说科学家们做过这样一个实验，科学家故意将手里的衣服夹子掉在地上，他不用担心，一个刚学会走路的孩子会过去帮他捡起来，并且还给他。研究员在整个实验过程中，从来不主动要求婴儿帮助他，也不说“谢谢”之类的话。婴儿则完全展现了真正的利他主义精神，助人而不图回报。

wǒ shì kàn de Měiliánshè de bàodǎo 。jùshuō kēxuéjiā men zuò guo zhèyàng yī ge shíyàn ，kēxuéjiā gùyì jiāng shǒulǐ de yīfu jiāzi diào zài dìshang ，tā bùyòng dānxīn ，yī ge gāng xuéhuì zǒulù de háizi huì guòqu bāng tā jiǎn qǐlai ，bìngqiě huángěi tā 。yánjiūyuán zài zhěnggè shíyàn guòchéng zhōng ，cónglái bù zhǔdòng yāoqiú yīng ér bāngzhù tā ，yě bù shuō “xièxie ”zhīlèi de huà 。yīng ér zé wánquán zhǎnxiàn le zhēnzhèng de lìtā zhǔyì jīngshén ，zhùrén ér bù tú huíbào 。

Why do I feel like that's a bit unbelievable? I guess I'll never really be able to understand these kind of profound philosophical theories. Whether people are inherently good or evil, I think that the education and training you get are much more important. I don't think it's that effective to rely just on stuff like people's inherent nature.

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