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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

您的担心有道理，不过我已经想好对策了。“淘金热”只是一个引子，由此带来的连锁反应才是我们这个游戏的制胜法宝，比如大量的移民涌入加州，工商业的发展，还有西部交通运输业的发展都可以成为游戏的一部分。

nín de dānxīn yǒu dàolǐ ，bùguò wǒ yǐjīng xiǎng hǎo duìcè le 。“táojīnrè ”zhǐ shì yāo gè yǐnzi ，yóu cǐ dài lái de liánsuǒfǎnyìng cái shì wǒmen zhège yóuxì de zhìshèngfǎbǎo ，bǐrú dàliàng de yímín yǒngrù jiāzhōu ，gōngshāngyè de fāzhǎn ，háiyǒu xībù jiāotōng yùnshū de fāzhǎn dōu kěyǐ chéngwéi yóuxì de yībùfen 。

Your concerns are reasonable, but I've already come up with a countermeasure. "Gold Rush" is just the introduction-- the chain reactions that it brings along are the key to the game's success. For example, a ton of immigrants flooding into California, the development of industry and commerce, and the development of transportation and shipping in the West. All these things can become part of the game.

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不怕，用白酒或者黄酒做药引子，泡点解酒的中药就行了。

bùpà ，yòng báijiǔ huòzhě huángjiǔ zuò yàoyǐnzi ，pào diǎn jiějiǔ de zhōngyào jiù xíng le 。

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