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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

明清时期，皇家宫殿房间内出现了可移动的冷源，即贮放冰块的柜子，上面镂空，作为冷气出孔，中部空间还可储存食物，如西瓜、冷饮等。

MíngQīng shíqī ，huángjiā gōngdiàn fángjiān nèi chūxiàn le kě yídòng de lěngyuán ，jí zhùfàng bīngkuài de guìzi ，shàngmiàn lòukōng ，zuòwéi lěngqì chūkǒng ，zhōngbù kōngjiān hái kě chǔcún shíwù ，rú xīguā 、lěngyǐn děng 。

In the Ming and Qing dynasty, rooms in the royal palace placed ice cubes in cabinets which were hollow on the top to let the cool air flow. The space in the middle of the cabinets were used to store food such as watermelons and cold beverages etc.

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柜子里有。

guìzi lǐ yǒu 。

There’s paper in the cabinet.

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不是，这些才是，如果你喜欢黑啤酒，那个柜子上面的就是。

bùshì ，zhèxiē cáishì ，rúguǒ nǐ xǐhuan hēi píjiǔ ，nàge guìzi shàngmian de jiùshì 。

No, only those are. If you like dark ale, the ones on top of the cabinet are dark ales.

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别着急，你小心摸着墙走，到客厅坐着，我去厨房的柜子里拿蜡烛。

bié zháojí ，nǐ xiǎoxīn mō zhe qiáng zǒu ，dào kètīng zuò zhe ，wǒ qù chúfáng de guìzi lǐ ná làzhú 。

Don't panic. Just carefully feel your way along the wall, then sit down in the living room, I'll go to the kitchen cabinet to get some candles.

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上个礼拜去超市就买好了，放在储藏室的柜子里，你去拿，免得等一下忘了。

shàng ge lǐbài qù chāoshì jiù mǎi hǎo le ，fàng zài chǔcángshì de guìzi lǐ ，nǐ qù ná ，miǎnde děng yīxià wàng le 。

I bought it last week at the supermarket. I put it in the cupboard in the larder. You go and get it so that we don't forget it later.

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谢啦，暖水瓶在柜子下面。

xiè la ，nuǎnshuǐpíng zài guìzi xiàmian 。

Thanks. The thermos is in the bottom of the cabinet.

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老公，这个柜子挺漂亮的。

lǎogōng ，zhè ge guìzi tǐng piàoliang de 。

Dear, this cabinet is quite pretty.

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柜子里不错。不过你得脱掉鞋子。

guìzi lǐ bùcuò 。bùguò nǐ děi tuōdiào xiézi 。

In the wardrobe's not bad. But you have to take off your shoes.

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那藏在柜子里？

nà cáng zài guìzi lǐ ？

How about we hide in the wardrobe?

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不是跟你说了吗？当时在浴场谈生意，手机锁在柜子里了。

bùshì gēn nǐ shuō le ma ？dāngshí zài yùchǎng tán shēngyi ，shǒujī suǒ zài guìzi lǐ le 。

I told you didn't I? I was discussing business in the bath house at the time. My phone was locked in the locker.

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