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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)

一字不提

yī zì bù tí

1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)

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

Sample Sentences

那么，围棋最主要的目的呢就是要把对方的棋子给围起来。之后，就可以把围起来的棋子给拿掉，这个叫”提子”。

nàme ，wéiqí zuì zhǔyào de mùdì ne jiùshì yào bǎ duìfāng de qízǐ gěi wéi qǐlái 。zhīhòu ，jiù kěyǐ bǎ wéi qǐlái de qízǐ gěi ná diào ，zhè ge jiào ”tízǐ ”。

Now, the main goal of go is to encircle your opponent's pieces. Afterwards, you'll be able to take away the encircled pieces. This is called "lifting pieces."

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