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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

那是因为我们小区的垃圾不分类呀！我不是每次都把废电池放到那个专门回收的箱子里去吗？还把旧报纸、饮料瓶、易拉罐什么的收集起来卖给小区门口收破烂的阿姨。

nà shì yīnwèi wǒmen xiǎoqū de lājī bù fēnlèi yā ！wǒ bù shì měicì dōu bǎ fèi diànchí fàngdào nàge zhuānmén huíshōu de xiāngzǐ lǐ qù ma ？hái bǎ jiù bàozhǐ 、yǐnliàopíng 、yìlāguàn shénme de shōují qǐlai màigěi xiǎoqū ménkǒu shōu pòlàn de āyí 。

That's because our residential area doesn't separate trash. Don't I always put used batteries in the special recycling box? And don't I collect old newspapers, beverage bottles, pop-top cans and such and sell them to the little old lady who collects garbage in our residential area?

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好啦！闲话不多说，拿出各位的抽奖券，擦亮眼睛，看清楚上面的号码！有没有人还没把抽奖券投进箱子里的？有吗？有？嗯，不好意思，来不及啦，明年请早。

hǎo la ！xiánhuà bù duō shuō ，náchū gèwèi de chōujiǎng quàn ，cāliàng yǎnjing ，kān qīngchu shàngmian de hàomǎ ！yǒuméiyǒu rén hái méi bǎ chōujiǎngquàn tóu jìn xiāngzǐ lǐ de ？yǒu ma ？yǒu ？ng4 ，bùhǎoyìsi ，láibují la ，míngnián qǐngzǎo 。

Alright! No more nonsense, everyone please get out your raffle ticket. Sharpens your eyes and look clearly at the number on (your ticket). Has anyone not placed their ticket in the in the box? Anyone? Yes? Um, well, I'm sorry. It's too late. Earlier next year.

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那快点帮我干活儿吧！否则泡面也没得吃啦！那里有三个大箱子，你把它们搬到书房吧。

nà kuàidiǎn bāng wǒ gànhuór ba ！fǒuzé pàomiàn yě méi de chī la ！nàlǐ yǒu sān gè dà xiāngzi ，nǐ bǎ tāmen bān dào shūfáng ba 。

Then quick, help me to work. Otherwise we won't even be eating instant noodles! There are three boxes there. Move them to the study.

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这么大的箱子，人家拿不动嘛。

zhème dà de xiāngzi ，rénjiā nábudòng ma 。

It's such a big suitcase. I can't lift it.

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此外，地下室里堆放着装水果用的箱子。在房间的一角，躺着一具三四十岁左右的女尸，面部有许多刀伤，身份暂时无法辨认。

cǐwài ，dìxiàshì lǐ duīfàng zhe zhuāng shuǐguǒ yòng de xiāngzǐ 。zài fángjiān de yī jiǎo ，tǎngzhe yī jù sānsìshí suì zuǒyòu de nǚshī ，miànbù yǒu xǔduō dāoshāng ，shēnfèn zànshí wúfǎ biànrèn 。

There was also a stack of fruit boxes. In a corner of the room lay the corpse of a 30- or 40-year old woman. Her face was covered in stab wounds and was not readily identifiable.

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嗯，就是一个箱子，里面放了猫砂。不过要辛苦你每天清理猫粪，不然会很臭。

ng ，jiùshì yī gè xiāngzǐ ，lǐmiàn fàng le māoshā 。bùguò yào xīnkǔ nǐ měitiān qīnglǐ māo fèn ，bùrán huì hěn chòu 。

Yeah, it's a box where you put cat litter inside. However, unfortunately you need to clean out the cat excrement every day, otherwise it will start to smell.

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有，一个箱子和一个包。

yǒu ，yī ge xiāngzi hé yī ge bāo 。

Yes. One suitcase and one bag.

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我箱子里有碗筷。

wǒ xiāngzi lǐ yǒu wǎnkuài 。

I've got bowls and chopsticks in my box.

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哦。你们那里有箱子吗？

ò 。nǐmen nàlǐ yǒu xiāngzi ma ？

Okay. Do you guys have boxes?

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