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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

他朝小巷子过去了，我继续追，你们两个从左边那条路包抄过去。

tā cháo xiǎo xiàngzi guòqù le ，wǒ jìxù zhuī ，nǐmen liǎng gè cóng zuǒbiān nàtiáo lù bāochāo guòqù 。

He went into the alley, I'll continue in pursuit, you two cut him off from the road on the left.

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酒香不怕巷子深” 嘛，不过这些地方的价钱也不便宜，以我的收入，每天都去喝一杯咖啡的话，肯定要做月光族了。

jiǔ xiāng bùpà xiàngzi shēn ” ma ，bùguò zhèxiē dìfang de jiàqian yě bù piányi ，yǐ wǒ de shōurù ，měitiān dōu qù hē yī bēi kāfēi dehuà ，kěndìng yào zuò yuèguāngzú le 。

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