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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

围棋入门的开篇都是这样讲的嘛。围棋的棋子啊像纽扣一样，下围棋的双方呢，一方用黑子，一方用白子。

wéiqí rùmén de kāipiān dōu shì zhèyàng jiǎng de ma 。wéiqí de qízǐ a xiàng niǔkòu yīyàng ，xià wéiqí de shuāngfāng ne ，yīfāng yòng hēizǐ ，yīfāng yòng báizǐ 。

The fundamentals of go are always introduced this way. The pieces in go resemble buttons. When the game begins, one person uses black pieces and the other uses white pieces.

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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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好。小宝你看，这个是围棋的棋盘，总共有361个点，有9个很明显的黑点，叫”星位”。棋子放上去后，周围应该有”气”……

hǎo 。Xiǎo bǎo nǐ kàn ，zhè ge shì wéiqí de qípán ，zǒnggòng yǒu sānbǎi liùshí yī gè diǎnr ，yǒu jiǔ ge hěn míngxiǎn de hēidiǎn ，jiào ”xīngwèi ”。qízǐ fàng shàngqu hòu ，zhōuwéi yīnggāi yǒu ”qì ”……

OK. Look, Xiao Bao. This is the go board. There are 361 points in total and nine very noticeable black points. These are called "star points." After pieces are placed on the board, the surrounding areas should have "energy..."

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