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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

看星星、看猫头鹰、吹凉风、抓虫子。

kàn xīngxing 、kàn māotóuyīng 、chuī liángfēng 、zhuā chóngzi 。

We looked at the stars, saw an owl, enjoyed the breeze and caught some bugs.

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我的天！猫头鹰和虫子都好可怕！

wǒ de tiān ！māotóuyīng hé chóngzi dōu hǎo kěpà ！

Oh my gosh! Owls and bugs sound so scary!

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跳蚤啊，也是一种虫子。走，妈妈先给你洗澡，再给狗狗洗。

tiàozao a ，yě shì yī zhǒng chóngzi 。zǒu ，māma xiān gěi nǐ xǐzǎo ，zài gěi gǒugou xǐ 。

Fleas are also a kind of bug. Come on, Mom's gonna wash you first, then wash the dog.

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虱子啊，是一种虫子。它住在人或者动物身上，靠吸血生活。

shīzi a ，shì yī zhǒng chóngzi 。tā zhù zài rén huòzhě dòngwù shēnshàng ，kào xī xiě shēnghuó 。

Lice are a kind of bug. They live on people or on animals bodies and rely on sucking their blood to live.

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哇，虫子！茶里有虫子！

wā ，chóngzi ！chá lǐ yǒu chóngzi ！

Whoa! A bug! There's a bug in my tea!

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那不至于。我接受催眠治疗的时候意识还是清醒的，想象力很活跃，随着催眠师的引导，我感觉吸烟的时候像有无数小虫子在啃咬我的肺部，想想就恶心，几个疗程下来就真不想吸了。

nà bùzhì yú 。wǒ jiēshòu cuīmián zhìliáo de shíhou yìshi háishì qīngxǐng de ，xiǎngxiànglì hěn huóyuè ，suízhe cuīmiánshī de yǐndǎo ，wǒ gǎnjué xīyān de shíhou xiàng yǒu wúshù xiǎo chóngzi zài kěnyǎo wǒ de fèibù ，xiǎngxiang jiù ěxīn ，jǐ ge liáochéng xiàlai jiù zhēn bù xiǎng xī le 。

That's not necessarily true. When I was undergoing the hypnosis treatment my consciousness was still wide awake and my imagination very vivid. Following the hypnotist's lead, I felt that countless little ants would gnaw at my lungs whenever I smoked. It made me feel disgusted just to think of it. After a few sessions I really didn't want to smoke.

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啊！有虫子咬我。

à ！yǒu chóngzi yǎo wǒ 。

Ah! A bug bit me.

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我的花园很干净，没有虫子。啊！毛毛虫！踩死你！踩死你！

wǒ de huāyuán hěn gānjìng ，méiyǒu chóngzi 。a ！máomaochóng ！cǎi sǐ nǐ ！cǎi sǐ nǐ ！

My garden is very clean, there are no bugs. Ah! A caterpillar! Squish it! Squish it!

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我觉得有点儿麻烦，而且虫子特别多。脏死了！

wǒ juéde yǒudiǎnr máfan ，érqiě chóngzi tèbié duō 。zāng sǐ le ！

I think it's a bit of a pain. Plus there are so many bugs. It's so dirty!

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