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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

这样，大哥，以后咱们的交情可以说是细水长流。所以这方面我都替您想好了，回头让嫂子注册个公司，以后款子进出，做帐什么的也方便，免得有后顾之忧嘛。

zhèyàng ，dàgē ，yǐhòu zánmen de jiāoqíng kěyǐ shuō shì xìshuǐchángliú 。suǒyǐ zhè fāngmiàn wǒ dōu tì nín xiǎng hǎo le ，huítóu ràng sǎozi zhùcè ge gōngsī ，yǐhòu kuǎnzi jìnchū ，zuòzhàng shénme de yě fāngbiàn ，miǎnde yǒu hòugùzhīyōu ma 。

How about this. Big brother, I think we'll be friends for a long time to come so I've already thought about this for you. Later on have your wife register a company. After that, transferring money and keeping the books and such will be more convenient. That way you won't have to worry about it anymore.

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