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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

比如沙漠里的动物—狮子、鸟、蜥蜴、蜘蛛、青蛙等等—大多数都有微黄的“沙漠色”作为它们的保护色；深海生物则因为红光不易穿透到深海，所以这里的鱼大多是红色的；而雪地上的动物—比如北极熊、北极兔—则会披上一层白色，让它们能安稳地藏在雪白世界中。

bǐrú shāmò lǐ de dòngwù —shīzi 、niǎo 、xīyì 、zhīzhū 、qīngwā děngděng —dàduōshù dōu yǒu wēi huáng de “shāmò sè ”zuòwéi tāmen de bǎohùsè ；shēnhǎi shēngwù zé yīnwèi hóng guāng bùyì chuāntòu dào shēnhǎi ，suǒyǐ zhèlǐ de yú dàduō shì hóngsè de ；ér xuě dì shàng de dòngwù —bǐrú běijíxióng 、běijí tù —zé huì pī shàng yī céng báisè ，ràng tāmen néng ānwěn de cáng zài xuěbái shìjiè zhōng 。

For example, in the desert, lions, birds, lizards, spiders, frogs and so on all have a light yellow “desert color” as their camouflage. Creatures in the deep ocean are often red because light cannot be easily shunned through in the deep sea. Lastly, animals that live in the snow, such as Polar Bears and Arctic Rabbits, will have a coat of white so that they can hide peacefully in the snowfield.

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好啊好啊，如今网络这么发达，什么都有可能，我就是借着热情而已。嗯，老白你做的这道红烧狮子头味道真是绝了，快和我说说是怎么做的？

hǎo a hǎo a ，rújīn wǎngluò zhème fādá ，shénme dōu yǒu kěnéng ，wǒ jiùshì jièzhe rèqíng éryǐ 。ng4 ，lǎoBái nǐ zuò de zhè dào hóngshāo shīzitóu wèidao zhēn shì jué le ，kuài hé wǒ shuō shuo shì zěnme zuò de ？

OK, OK. The internet is so developed these days, so everything is possible. All I did was make the most of the enthusiasm. Yeah, Laobai, the braised pork dumplings you made taste fantastic. Come on, out with it, how'd you make them?

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这么看来，你身边很多狮子座的朋友嘛，狮子座很有义气哦。

zhème kànlai ，nǐ shēnbiān hěn duō shīzizuò de péngyou ma ，shīzizuò hěnyǒu yìqi ò 。

Judging from that, you must have a lot of Leo friends. Leos are all about loyalty.

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你是火象星座，跟你最配的就是同为火象星座的狮子座和射手座，要不风象星座也行。

nǐ shì huǒxiàng xīngzuò ，gēn nǐ zuì pèi de jiùshì tóng wéi huǒxiàng xīngzuò de shīzizuò hé shèshǒuzuò ，yàobù fēngxiàng xīngzuò yě xíng 。

You are a fire sign. The most compatible with you are other fire signs： the Leo and the Sagittarius. Or else you could also do well with a wind sign.

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狮子

shīzi

lion