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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

哎呦呦，得得得，服了你了，看得出来你是老饕，赶快从椅子上下来，尝尝味道再给评价评价。

āi yōu yōu ，dédédé ，fú le nǐ le ，kàn de chūlái nǐ shì lǎotāo ，gǎnkuài cóng yǐzi shàng xiàlai ，chángchang wèidao zài gěi píngjià píngjià 。

Ah, OK, OK, OK. I got to hand it to you, it's clear you're a connoisseur. Hurry up and come down from the chair, give it a taste and then you can review it.

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我们过了江，进了车站。我买票，他忙着照看行李。行李太多了，得向脚夫行些小费，才可过去。他便又忙着和他们讲价钱。我那时真是聪明过分，总觉他说话不大漂亮，非自己插嘴不可。但他终于讲定了价钱；就送我上车。他给我拣定了靠车门的一张椅子；我将他给我做的紫毛大衣铺好坐位。

wǒmen guò le jiāng ，jìn le chēzhàn 。wǒ mǎi piào ，tā máng zhe zhàokàn xíngli 。xíngli tài duō le ，děi xiàng jiǎofū xíng xiē xiǎofèi ，cái kě guòqù 。tā biàn yòu máng zhe hé tāmen jiǎng jiàqian 。wǒ nàshí zhēn shì cōngming guòfèn ，zǒng jué tā shuōhuà bùdà piàoliang ，fēi zìjǐ chāzuǐ bù kě 。dàn tā zhōngyú jiǎngdìng le jiàqian ；jiù sòng wǒ shàngchē 。tā gěi wǒ jiǎndìng le kào chēmén de yīzhāng yǐzi ；wǒ jiāng tā gěi wǒ zuò de zǐmáo dàyī pū hǎo zuò wèi 。

We crossed the river and got into the station. I bought the tickets, while he watched over the luggage. There was just too much luggage. We had to give the porter a tip in order to pass. So my dad began bargaining with them to fix a price. I really was full of it then, I thought my father making a fool of himself and I just couldn't help but jump in. Yet, he eventually fixed a price and helped me board the train. He had selected a seat by the door for me and I spread the purple fur coat he had handmade for me on the seat.

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椅子在Fiona后面。

yǐzi zài Fiona hòumiàn 。

The chair is behind Fiona.

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一把椅子

yī bǎ yǐzi

A chair

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我有一张桌子、四把椅子。

wǒ yǒu yī zhāng zhuōzi 、sì bǎ yǐzi 。

I have a table and four chairs.

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没有桌子，没有椅子，没有杯子。你不是饭店。

méi yǒu zhuōzi ，méi yǒu yǐzi ，méi yǒu bēizi 。nǐ bù shì fàndiàn 。

No tables, no chairs, and no cups. You are not a restaurant.

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怪我自己太贪吃，买热狗的时候把手机忘在椅子上，买完回来手机当然就不见了。

guài wǒ zìjǐ tài tānchī ，mǎi règǒu de shíhou bǎ shǒujī wàng zài yǐzi shàng ，mǎi wán huílai shǒujī dāngrán jiù bùjiàn le 。

It was all because I was too greedy. When I was buying a hot dog I forgot to pick my cell phone up from the bench, when I came back after buying it, of course my cell phone was missing.

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它不在沙发上，它躲在椅子底下。

tā bù zài shāfā shàng ，tā duǒ zài yǐzi dǐxià 。

He's not on the sofe, he's hiding under the chair.

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哦。谢谢。椅子呢？

ò 。xièxie 。yǐzi ne ？

Oh. Thanks. What about a chair?

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不好意思，现在没有椅子。

bùhǎoyìsi ，xiànzài méiyǒu yǐzi 。

Sorry, there's no chair right now.

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