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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

小尤翻过一页记事簿，接着说：“鲁富确定当时他的房门是锁着的，之后也没发现门被撬动过的痕迹。但是连通走廊的窗户当时都是开着的，窗子大小正好够一个成年人进出。”

XiǎoYóu fānguò yī yè jìshìbù ，jiē zhe shuō ：“Lǔ Fù quèdìng dāngshí tā de fángmén shì suǒzhe de ，zhīhòu yě méi fāxiàn mén bèi qiàodòng guò de hénjì 。dànshì liántōng zǒuláng de chuānghu dāngshí dōu shì kāizhe de ，chuāngzi dàxiǎo zhènghǎo gòu yī gè chéngniánrén jìnchū 。”

Xiao You turned the page in her notebook and continued, “Lu Fu is certain that during that time the door to his room was locked. He also says there was no sign that the door had been pried open in any way. However, the windows along the adjacent hallway were all open at the time, and the windows are just big enough for an adult to fit through.”

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