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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

前阵子看新闻，听说快船队在休赛期补强了球队的替补阵容，接连招募了三个火箭队的旧将，看来新赛季里弗斯是想报一箭之仇了。

qiánzhènzi kàn xīnwén ，tīngshuō kuàichuánduì zài xiūsàiqī bǔ qiáng le qiúduì de tìbǔ zhènróng ，jiēlián zhāomù le sān gè Huǒjiànduì de jiùjiàng ，kànlai xīn sàijì Lǐfúsī shì xiǎng bào yījiànzhīchóu le 。

I was watching the news recently and I heard the Clippers were improving their substitute roster in the offseason, recruiting three old Rockets generals in a row, which suggests that in the new season Doc Rivers wants to get his revenge.

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嗨！大家好！小刘我前阵子身体不太舒服，还好买到这台长生佛生机精华萃取机，我手上这台萃取机获得世界发明大奖，经过无数名人试用，叫好又叫座，有了它，可以做菜、做汤、做豆浆；给您做牛、做马、做苦力，小至豆苗、大至胡桃，没有它切不开、磨不碎的。

hāi ！dàjiā hǎo ！Xiǎo Liú wǒ qiánzhènzi shēntǐ bùtài shūfu ，hái hǎo mǎidào zhè tái chángshēngfó shēngjī jīnghuá cuìqǔ jī ，wǒ shǒushang zhè tái cuìqǔ jī huòdé shìjiè fāmíng dàjiǎng ，jīngguò wúshù míngrén shìyòng ，jiàohǎo yòu jiàozuò ，yǒu le tā ，kěyǐ zuòcài 、zuò tāng 、zuò dòujiāng ；gěi nín zuòniú 、zuòmǎ 、zuò kǔlì ，xiǎo zhì dòumiáo 、dà zhì hútáo ，méiyǒu tā qiē bù kāi 、mó bù suì de 。

Hi Everyone! I haven’t been feeling all that great recently, but luckily I managed to get my hands on the Immortal Buddha Vital Essence Extractor. This extractor has won global invention prizes and been tried out by countless celebrities. Its quality is reflected in its incredible sales. With it you can create dishes, make soup, make soybean milk; it can be your ox and your workhorse, it can do all the hard work. There's nothing it can't break open or grind up, from as small as bean sprout to as large as a walnut.

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我也不愿意啊！我前阵子右肩韧带拉伤，腰上的旧伤也一直没复原，所以想先把伤养好了再开始练。

wǒ yě bù yuànyì ā ！wǒ qián zhènzi yòu jiān rèndài lāshāng ，yāo shàng de jiù shāng yě yīzhí méi fùyuán ，suǒyǐ xiǎng xiān bǎ shāng yǎng hǎo le zài kāishǐ liàn 。

It’s not through lack of intention! I pulled a ligament in my right shoulder recently, and the old wound above my hip still hasn’t fully recovered, so I will start exercising again once my injury is better.

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嘿！小胖，好久不见，有一阵子没看到你了，健身可是不能偷懒的！

hēi ！xiǎopàng ，hǎojiǔbujiàn ，yǒu yīzhènzi méi kàndào nǐ le ，jiànshēn kěshì bùnéng tōulǎn de ！

Hey! Fatboy, long time no see. It’s been a while since I’ve seen you, but one really can’t fall behind when it comes to working out!

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所以有一阵子我每次看到我妹就会想起去年分手的情景...我从此以后再也不想跟情人节有什么关联了...

suǒyǐ yǒu yīzhènzi wǒ měicì kàndào wǒ mèi jiù huì xiǎng qǐ qùnián fēnshǒu de qíngjǐng ...wǒ cóngcǐ yǐhòu zàiyě bù xiǎng gēn qíngrénjié yǒu shénme guānlián le ...

So for a period of time every time I saw my little sister I would think back to the scene of the break-up... And from that time onward, I've wanted nothing to do with Valentine's Day.

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是吗？我早就想到四川旅游了！你们那儿一定有很多傻憨的熊猫吧？前阵子二十几只熊猫亮相的影片你看过了吗？

shìma ？wǒ zǎo jiù xiǎngdào Sìchuān lǚyóu le ！nǐmen nàr yīdìng yǒu hěn duō shǎhān de xióngmāo ba ？qiánzhènzi èrshí jǐ zhī xióngmāo liàngxiàng de yǐngpiàn nǐ kàn guò le ma ？

Really? I've wanted to go traveling to Sichuan for ages! You must have so many dumb pandas where you live, yeah? Did you see that film that recently came out of over 20 pandas?

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说到这个，C罗前阵子也很不得了，四天内的两场比赛，戴了两顶帽，共进了八球呀！

shuōdào zhè ge ，C luó qiánzhènzi yě hěn bùdéliǎo ，sì tiān nèi de liǎng cháng bǐsài ，dài le liǎng dǐng mào ，gòng jìn le bā qiú ya ！

Speaking of that, Cristiano Ronaldo has been amazing recently too. In two matches in four days, he got two hat tricks, scoring eight goals in total!

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卡卡不就说了吗？前一阵子他接受媒体采访，回顾当年赢得金球奖，他说他是最后一个获奖的地球人。

kǎkǎ bù jiù shuō le ma ？qiányīzhènzi tā jiēshòu méitǐ cǎifǎng ，huígù dāngnián yíngdé jīnqiújiǎng ，tā shuō tā shì zuìhòu yī gè huòjiǎng de dìqiúrén 。

Didn't Kaká say just that? When he was interviewed recently, looking back on the year he won the Ballon d'Or, he said he was the last winner to be "born on this planet."

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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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孩子玩手机游戏瘾非常大，空余时间几乎离不开手机，以前成绩能排在班级前十，前阵子都已经班级倒数第一。”

háizi wán shǒujī yóuxì yǐn fēicháng dà ，kòngyú shíjiān jīhū líbukāi shǒujī ，yǐqián chéngjì néng pái zài bānjí qián shí ，qiánzhènzǐ dōu yǐjīng bānjí dàoshǔ dìyī 。”

“My child is addicted to mobile games and is practically inseparable from his phone during his spare time. He used to be top ten in class but recently he is last in class”.

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