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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

到了汉代，皇宫里夏季便有了“清凉殿”，内有多重降温装置，以石头为床，用玉晶盘装冰块，还有人站在一旁对着扇扇子，清凉无比。

dào le Hàndài ，huánggōng lǐ xiàjì biàn yǒu le “qīngliáng diàn ”，nèi yǒu duōchóng jiàngwēn zhuāngzhì ，yǐ shítou wèi chuáng ，yòng yù jīng pán zhuāng bīngkuài ，háiyǒu rén zhàn zài yīpáng duì zhe shān shànzi ，qīngliáng wúbǐ 。

In the Han Dynasty, the palace had a "cool hall" in the summer, with multiple cooling devices inside, such as a stone bed, plates made from jade crystals to store ice cubes and people using fans. The coolness was incomparable.

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古代没有空调、电风扇，只能靠扇子纳凉，古人称之为“摇风”“凉友”。

gǔdài méiyǒu kōngtiáo 、diànfēngshàn ，zhǐnéng kào shànzi nàliáng ，gǔrén chēngzhīwéi “yáofēng ”“liángyǒu ”。

In ancient times, there were no air conditioners and electric fans. People had only fans to keep cool. They gave these fans names such as "shaking the wind" and "cool companions”.

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拿那种扇子。

ná nàzhǒng shānzi 。

We use fans.

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还要带扇子。

hái yào dài shànzi 。

And bring a fan.

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