1 son

1 woman

2 female

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)

1 child

1 house

2 building (single- or two-story)

3 apartment

4 room

5 classifier: 栋 dòng

6 classifier: 幢 zhuàng

7 classifier: 座 zuò

8 classifier: 套 tào

9 classifier: 间 jiān

1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)

2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise

1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)

2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch

1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)

2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch

1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)

2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children

3 sandwich generation

1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.