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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

三天不打，上房揭瓦

sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ

1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
2 spare the rod, spoil the child

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

Sample Sentences

他卖给我一栋房子。

tā mài gěi wǒ yī dòng fángzi 。

He sold a house to me.

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我想买一些高级的家具来搭配我高级的房子。

wǒ xiǎng mǎi yīxiē gāojí de jiājù lái dāpèi wǒ gāojí de fángzi 。

I want to buy some high level furniture which fits in my high level house.

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你开什么玩笑！？我那些七大姑八大姨还不够多啊？三天两头问我薪水涨没涨？房子多少钱？下一胎有动静了没？

nǐ kāi shénme wánxiào ！？wǒ nàxiē qīdàgūbādàyí huán bùgòu duō ā ？sāntiānliǎngtóu wèn wǒ xīnshuǐ zhǎng méi zhǎng ？fángzi duōshǎo qián ？xià yī tāi yǒu dòngjìng le méi ？

Are you joking!? I've already got enough real aunties. Asking me every few days has my salary gone up, how much I paid for my apartment, and whether there is another little one on the way.

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很多公司在盖房子的时候，都会偷工减料。结果地震一来，全部都倒了。

hěnduō gōngsī zài gài fángzi de shíhou ，dōu huì tōugōngjiǎnliào 。jiéguǒ dìzhèn yī lái ，quánbù dōu dǎo le 。

A lot of companies would cut corners when they build houses. When the earthquake hit, all the houses fell down in the end.

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他投资太多钱了，最后输了钱，还输了自己的房子。这就是“人心不足，蛇吞象。”

tā tóuzī tài duō qián le ，zuìhòu shū le qián ，hái shū le zìjǐ de fángzi 。zhè jiùshì “rénxīnbùzú,shétūnxiàng 。”

He invested way too much money and ended up losing not only money but also his house. This is “One’s eyes are bigger than one’s stomach.”

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在投资的时候，千万别贪心，要不然连房子都没了。

zài tóuzī de shíhou ，qiānwàn bié tānxīn ，yàobùrán lián fángzi dōu méi le 。

Don’t be greedy when it comes to investment, or you would even lose the house.

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又想要大房子，又想要附近的交通方便。鱼与熊掌不可兼得，只能选择一个。所以想住大房子，就得住郊区。住小房子，就可以住在市区，但是就比较贵。

yòu xiǎngyào dà fángzi ，yòu xiǎngyào fùjìn de jiāotōng fāngbiàn 。yúyǔxióngzhǎngbùkějiāndé ，zhǐnéng xuǎnzé yī ge 。suǒyǐ xiǎng zhù dà fángzi ，jiù děi zhù jiāoqū 。zhù xiǎo fángzi ，jiù kěyǐ zhù zài shìqū ，dànshì jiù bǐjiào guì 。

You want a big house and also convenient transportation. You cannot have it both ways. You can only choose one. So if you want a big house, you have to live in the suburbs. If you choose a small one, you can live downtown, but it’s more expensive.

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房子、车牌、地铁线路……双城生活的上班族，最关心政策的风吹草动。

fángzi 、chēpái 、dìtiě xiànlù ……shuāngchéngshēnghuó de shàngbānzú ，zuì guānxīn zhèngcè de fēngchuīcǎodòng 。

Houses, license plates, subway lines... The workers who live in the two cities are most concerned about new policies.

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也有人言：“先奋斗几年看看吧，万一将来能在北京买得起房子了呢？”

yěyǒu rén yán ：“xiān fèndòu jǐ nián kàn kàn ba ，wànyī jiānglái néng zài Běijīng mǎi de qǐ fángzi le ne ？”

There are also some who think “if I work hard for the next few years, I may be able to buy a house in Beijing?”

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麦可”在十月七日形成，在接下来的一周内破坏了许多房子、家庭，也对农民造成严重的伤害。

Màikě ”zài Shíyuè qīrì xíngchéng ，zài jiēxiàlái de yīzhōu nèi pòhuài le xǔduō fángzi 、jiātíng ，yě duì nóngmín zàochéng yánzhòng de shānghài 。

Hurricane Michael was formed on October 7. In the following week, it destroyed houses and families, causing serious damage to farmers.

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