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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

一鳞半爪

yī lín bàn zhuǎ

1 lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); only odd bits and pieces

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

Sample Sentences

开什么玩笑，我才不是那些把动物当成玩物的人呢！你看，为了让他磨爪子，我用麻绳把桌子脚这样一圈一圈包起来，全手工哦，不过牠还是常常用我的手臂来磨爪子。

kāishénme wánxiào ，wǒ cái bùshì nàxiē bǎ dòngwù dàngchéng wánwù de rén ne ！nǐ kàn ，wèile ràng tā mózhuǎzi ，wǒ yòng máshéng bǎ zhuōzijiǎo zhèyàng yī quān yī quān bāo qǐlái ，quán shǒugōng ò ，bùguò tā háishì chángcháng yòng wǒ de shǒubì lái mózhuǎzi 。

Are you kidding me, I don't think of animals as toys to play with! Look, I wrapped twine around the table legs so that he can hone his claws, it's all done by hand, although he often uses my arm to do it instead.

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没错，没错。中国人说的龙大部分是金色的，有着骆驼的头，鹿的角，兔子的眼睛，牛的耳朵，蛇的脖子和身体，鱼的鳞片，老虎的脚掌和鹰的爪子。虽然身上没有翅膀，可是也会飞，能上天下海，还能变成各种样子，是中国古代神话中具有超能力的生物，大多数时候代表着吉祥。

méicuò ，méicuò 。zhōngguórén shuō de lóng dàbùfen shì jīnsè de ，yǒu zhe luòtuo de tóu ，lù de jiǎo ，tùzi de yǎnjing ，niú de ěrduo ，shé de bózi hé shēntǐ ，yú de línpiàn ，lǎohǔ de jiǎozhǎng hé yīng de zhuǎzi 。suīrán shēnshang méiyǒu chìbǎng ，kěshì yě huì fēi ，néng shàngtiānxiàhǎi ，hái néng biànchéng gèzhǒng yàngzi ，shì zhōngguógǔdàishénhuà zhōng jùyǒu chāonénglì de shēngwù ，dàduōshùshíhou dàibiǎo zhe jíxiáng 。

That's right. Chinese dragons are generally golden, with the head of a camel, the body of a deer, the eyes of a rabbit, the ears of a bull, the neck and body of a snake, the scales of a fish, the paws of a tiger and an eagle's claws. Although it doesn't have wings, it can fly. It can also go undersea, and can change its appearance. It's a super-powerful creature in ancient myths. Usually, it represents good fortune.

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啊，怎么这么尖。像鸡爪子！

à ，zěnme zhème jiān 。xiàng jīzhuǎzi ！

Ah, why are they so sharp? They're like chicken claws!

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你爱吃的鸭脖子、鸡爪子也好不到哪儿去。

nǐ ài chī de yābózi 、jīzhuǎzi yě hǎo bùdào nǎr qù 。

Those duck necks and chicken feet you like to eat aren't so great for you either.

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