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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

王强说：“邻居们好像都对这个孩子没什么印象。而且两个礼拜前，吴国庆碰到熟人时说自己的老婆和孩子失踪了，自己正在寻找她们母子俩的下落。”

Wáng Qiáng shuō ：“línjū men hǎoxiàng dōu duì zhè ge háizi méi shénme yìnxiàng 。érqiě liǎng gè lǐbài qián ，Wú Guóqìng pèngdào shúrén shí shuō zìjǐ de lǎopó hé háizi shīzōng le ，zìjǐ zhèngzài xúnzhǎo tāmen mǔzǐliǎ de xiàluò 。”

Wang Qiang said: “No one in the neighborhood seems to know this kid. Additionally, about two weeks ago Wu Guoqing told an acquaintance that his wife and child had both gone missing and that he himself was investigating their whereabouts.”

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恭喜你，母子平安。是个大胖小子。

gōngxǐ nǐ ，mǔzǐpíng ān 。shì gè dàpàngxiǎozi 。

Congratulations. Both the mother and son are safe and healthy. He's a chubby little guy.

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