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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

这点我们会注意一下。这阵子有想吐的感觉吗？

zhè diǎn wǒmen huì zhùyì yīxià 。zhèzhènzi yǒu xiǎng tǔ de gǎnjué ma ？

We will keep track of that. Do you feel nauseous recently?

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说到下雨，这阵子已经下了两个月的雨了，我还去买了一打的新内裤呢。

shuōdào xiàyǔ ，zhèzhènzǐ yǐjīng xià le liǎng ge yuè de yǔ le ，wǒ hái qù mǎi le yī dǎ de xīn nèikù ne 。

Talking of rain, it's already been raining for the last two months, I even bought a dozen pairs of new underwear.

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难怪几星期没见到孙太了…我就觉得怪，我们这阵子驻守在号子，吃喝拉撒都在这儿，如今她的老位子收拾得干干净净的，看起来怪不习惯呢。

nánguài jǐ xīngqī méi jiàndào sūntài le …wǒ jiù juéde guài ，wǒmen zhèzhènzi zhùshǒu zài hàozi ，chīhē lā sā dōu zài zhèr ，rújīn tā de lǎo wèizi shōushi de gāngānjìngjìng de ，kàn qǐlái guài bù xíguàn ne 。

No wonder I haven't seen Mrs Sun about for a few weeks... I thought it was weird that we've all been here at the brokerage going about our normal routine, while her old seat was all tidy looking, it seemed so strange.

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