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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

章子怡真是越来越漂亮了！瞧，这气质......。

Zhāng Zǐyí zhēnshì yuèláiyuè piàoliang le ！qiáo ，zhè qìzhì ......。

Zhang Ziyi really gets more beautiful all the time. Look, what a temperament...

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得了，你别吃不到葡萄就说葡萄酸。章子怡的身材比那种胸大无脑的女人强多了。再说，她有今天的成就也不是光凭长相。她的演技也是有目共睹的。而且还特别努力。我看过一篇报导，说她经常是一边化妆、一边背台词，还和老师练习英语。你没发觉她的英语好多了吗？

dé le ，nǐ bié chībudào pútao jiù shuō pútao suān 。zhāng Zǐyí de shēncái bǐ nàzhǒng xiōngdàwúnǎo de nǚrén qiáng duōle 。zàishuō ，tā yǒu jīntiān de chéngjiù yě bù shì guāng píng zhǎngxiàng 。tā de yǎnjì yě shì yǒumùgòngdǔ de 。érqiě hái tèbié nǔlì 。wǒ kàn guo yī piān bàodǎo ，shuō tā jīngcháng shì yībiān huàzhuāng 、yībiān bèi táicí ，hái hé lǎoshī liànxí yīngyǔ 。nǐ méi fājué tā de yīngyǔ hǎo duōle ma ？

That's enough! Don't get all ''sour grapes." Zhang Ziyi's figure is much better than any of those buxom, brainless bimbos. Plus, her success is not just based on her appearance. Her acting ability is plain to see. And she's extremely hard-working. I saw an article that said she often recites her lines while she's putting on makeup, and she practices English with her teacher. Haven't you noticed that her English has gotten much better?

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奇怪，她又没招你惹你，你要这么说她？而且社会上跟你一样无聊的人还真不少，什么都看不惯，显得自己多清高，多有水平似的。可怜人家章子怡，外表看着风光，活得还真不容易啊。

qíguài ，tā yòu méi zhāo nǐ rě nǐ ，nǐ yào zhème shuō tā ？érqiě shèhuì shàng gēn nǐ yīyàng wúliáo de rén hái zhēn bùshǎo ，shénme dōu kànbuguàn ，xiǎnde zìjǐ duō qīnggāo ，duō yǒu shuǐpíng shìde 。kělián rénjiā zhāng Zǐyí ，wàibiǎo kànzhe fēngguāng ，huó de hái zhēn bù róngyì a 。

It's not like she intentionally offended you, Why would you say such things about her? There are many people like you who pick on anything and anyone as if they themselves were flawless and intelligent. Poor Zhang Ziyi. She might seem glamorous on the outside, but what a tough life!

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巩俐和章子怡，你更喜欢谁？

Gǒng Lì hé Zhāng Zǐyí ，nǐ gèng xǐhuan shéi ？

Between Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi, who do you like more?

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