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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

嗐！她眼光高，到现在也没见她带一个男孩子回来过。

hài ！tā yǎnguāng gāo ，dào xiànzài yě méi jiàn tā dài yī gè nánháizi huílai guò 。

Ha, she's got high standards. Till this day, she's never brought a guy home (to meet us).

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那个男孩子不适合你，别跟他在一起。

nàge nánháizi bù shìhé nǐ ，bié gēn tā zàiyīqǐ 。

That boy doesn't suit you. Don't be with him.

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从性别上看，弃婴中倒是男孩子占多数，打破了以前社会存在的重男轻女、传宗接代的遗弃因素。

cóng xìngbié shàng kàn ，qìyīng zhōng dàoshì nánháizi zhàn duōshù ，dǎpò le yǐqián shèhuì cúnzài de zhòngnánqīngnǚ 、chuánzōngjiēdài de yíqì yīnsù 。

From the perspective of gender, among abandoned babies, there are more boys, breaking society's former preference for boys over girls, the traditional reason for abandoning children.

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让他自己走路去吧，学校又不远，他认识路。男孩子要早点独立，我小学的时候都是自己去的。

ràng tā zìjǐ zǒulù qù ba ，xuéxiào yòu bù yuǎn ，tā rènshi lù 。nánháizi yào zǎodiǎn dúlì ，wǒ xiǎoxué deshíhou dōu shì zìjǐ qù de 。

Let him walk by himself. The school isn't far and he knows the way. Boys need to be independent early. When I was in elementary school, I went by myself.

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那是男孩子玩的，女孩子不能玩。

nà shì nánháizi wán de ，nǚháizi bùnéng wán 。

That’s something boys play with. Girls can’t play with those.

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男孩子跳太娘娘腔了。

nánháizi tiào tài niángniángqiāng le 。

It's too girly for boys to do ballet.

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男孩子也可以跳芭蕾的。

nánháizi yě kěyǐ tiào bālěi de 。

Boys can also do ballet.

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怎么会呢，你这么漂亮，一定有很多男孩子追你吧？

zénme huì ne ，nǐ zhème piàoliang ，yīdìng yǒu hěn duō nánháizi zhuī nǐ ba ？

How could that be? You're so pretty. There are definitely tons of guys pursuing you then, huh?

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老婆，咱儿子已经十二岁了，你别总把他看成是个整天找妈妈的小孩。对于男孩子来说，这是青春期的开始。在这个阶段，男孩子对异性开始产生好感是很正常的。只要行为不过火，就随他吧。

lǎopó ，zán érzi yǐjīng shí\'èr suì le ，nǐ bié zǒng bǎ tā kànchéng shì ge zhěngtiān zhǎo māma de xiǎohái 。duìyú nánháizi láishuō ，zhè shì qīngchūn qī de kāishǐ 。zài zhè ge jiēduàn ，nánháizi duì yìxìng kāishǐ chǎnshēng hǎogǎn shì hěn zhèngcháng de 。zhǐyào xíngwéi bù guòhuǒ ，jiù suí tā ba 。

Honey, our son is already 12 years old. You shouldn't always treat him like some kind of momma's boy. For boys, this is when adolesence begins. During this time, boys starting to have feelings for the opposite sex is normal. As long as he doesn't take it too far, just let him be.

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男孩子除了对你的女朋友说，其他时候不说。

nánháizi chúle duì nǐ de nǚpéngyou shuō ，qítā shíhou bù shuō 。

Other than when boys are talking to their girlfriends, they don't say this.

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