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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

我才不要，旁边都是不认识的人，在同一个池子里，多不好意思啊，怪讨厌的。

wǒ cái bù yào ，pángbiān dōu shì bù rènshi de rén ，zài tóng yī ge chízi lǐ ，duō bùhǎoyìsi ā ，guài tǎoyàn de 。

No way is that for me. I don't like to be in the same pool beside people I don't even know, it's embarrassing, and such a pain.

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还行，我还蛮喜欢闻的。去年我在厦门的时候泡过，里面有很多中药温泉，像什么人参温泉啊，冬虫夏草温泉啊，大大小小几十个池子呢。每种温泉都有不同的疗效。

hái xíng ，wǒ hái mán xǐhuan wén de 。qùnián wǒ zài Xiàmén de shíhou pào guò ，lǐmiàn yǒu hěn duō zhōngyào wēnquán ，xiàng shénme rénshēn wēnquán a ，dōngchóngxiàcǎo wēnquán a ，dàdàxiǎoxiǎo jǐshí gè chízi ne 。měi zhǒng wēnquán dōu yǒu bùtóng de liáoxiào 。

It's okay. I really like the smell of it. Last year when I was in Xiamen I did it. They've got all kinds of TCM hot springs there like ginseng hot springs, cordyceps fungus hot springs, a bunch of pools of all sizes. Every kind of hot spring has different therapeutic effects.

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你听他们瞎吹。那些都是人工的，连温泉都称不上，也就是几池子的热水。别说有什么疗效了，说不定都细菌超标了。

nǐ tīng tāmen xiāchuī 。nàxiē dōu shì réngōng de ，lián wēnquán dōu chēngbushàng ，yějiùshì jǐ chízi de rèshuǐ 。bié shuō yǒu shénme liáoxiào le ，shuōbudìng dōu xìjūn chāobiāo le 。

You're just buying into their hype. All of these are man made. You can't call them hot springs; they're just a some pools of hot water. Don't talk about the therapeutic effects. They might have more bacteria in them than they should.

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有可能哦，旺季的时候，男男女女几十个人挤在一个池子里。

yǒu kěnéng o ，wàngjì de shíhou ，nánnánnǚnǚ jǐshí gè rén jǐ zài yī gè chízi lǐ 。

It's possible. During the peak season, tens of men and women are all crowded together in one pool.

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