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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

是啊。你有没有发现，以前的玩具都是好几个人一起玩，大家比赛，比如打弹子、踢毽子。现在的玩具一个人就可以玩了。

shì a 。nǐ yǒuméiyǒu fāxiàn ，yǐqián de wánjù dōu shì hǎo jǐ ge rén yīqǐ wán ，dàjiā bǐsài ，bǐrú dǎ dànzǐ 、tī jiànzi 。xiànzài de wánjù yī ge rén jiù kěyǐ wán le 。

Yeah. Have you ever noticed that the games from before involved quite a few people competing, like marbles, or kicking the shuttlecock? But nowadays the toys only need one person.

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这你就不懂了。我小时候的玩具虽然简单，但怎么也玩不腻。比如积木，弹子，沙袋，还有毽子。一放学，就和一大堆同学围在一起玩。哎，可惜了，现在这些都成老古董了，没人玩了。

zhè nǐ jiù bù dǒng le 。wǒ xiǎoshíhou de wánjù suīrán jiǎndān ，dàn zěnme yě wán bù nì 。bǐrú jīmù ，dànzǐ ，shādài ，háiyǒu jiànzi 。yī fàngxué ，jiù hé yīdàduī tóngxué wéi zài yīqǐ wán 。āi ，kěxī le ，xiànzài zhèxiē dōu chéng lǎogǔdǒng le ，méirén wán le 。

Ah, you don't understand. The toys from my childhood were simple, but we never got tired of them. For example, wooden blocks, marbles, bean bags, and ``foot shuttlecocks." As soon as I got out of school, I'd get together with a big group of classmates to play. Ah, what a shame... these are all so outdated now, no one plays with them.

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