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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)

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

这群熊孩子就是闲不住，实不相瞒，我家那儿家家户户都养着熊猫，那只摔进世界最佳照片的熊猫宝宝和我家的一样，天然傻白甜。

zhè qún xióngháizi jiùshì xián bùzhù ，shíbùxiāngmán ，wǒjiā nàr jiājiāhùhù dōu yǎng zhe xióngmāo ，nà zhī shuāi jìn shìjiè zuìjiā zhàopiàn de xióngmāo bǎobao hé wǒjiā de yīyàng ，tiānrán shǎ bái tián 。

These little brats are really quite busy, to be honest, every household around where I'm from has a panda as a pet. That panda cub that "fell" into the world's best photograph is the same as the ones at my house, naturally naive and sweet.

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特别同意，那个时候他们真像妈妈一样照顾我们这群熊孩子。

tèbié tóngyì ，nàge shíhou tāmen zhēn xiàng māma yīyàng zhàogu wǒmen zhè qún xióngháizi 。

I really agree. At that time they really were like moms looking after us little brats.

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