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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

您说的一点没错，我已经开始反省目前的状态了，与其人到中年便早早进病房，我宁可少赚些银子，好好养生。

nín shuō de yīdiǎn méicuò ，wǒ yǐjīng kāishǐ fǎnxǐng mùqián de zhuàngtài le ，yǔqí rén dào zhōngnián biàn zǎo zǎo jìn bìngfáng ，wǒ nìngkě shǎo zhuàn xiē yínzǐ ，hǎohāo yǎngshēng 。

You're not wrong there. I've already started to reflect on my current situation. Rather than going into hospital early in middle age, I'd rather earn a little less money and look after my health properly.

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他就挖了一个洞，把这个银子放在里面。

tā jiù wā le yī ge dòng ，bǎ zhè ge yínzi fàng zài lǐmiàn 。

He dug a hole and put the silver inside.

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