Text matches for “子”

beggar

viscount

(coll.) husband's younger sister / sister-in-law

gifted scholar

millet / (ACG) collectible merch (loanword from "goods", via Japanese "guzzu")

to show deference or praise publicly

cover / casing

pork shoulder / (coll.) elbow

lining / (fig.) substance (as opposed to outward appearance)

Master (old form of address for teachers, scholars) / (used sarcastically) pedant

(coll.) husband's younger brother

(derog.) Chinese opera performer / (derog.) actor

organized group / theatrical troupe

(coll.) foot

phonograph or radio (old term) / chatterbox / talkative person

sedan chair / palanquin / litter

pot / pan / wok / cauldron / pot-shaped thing / hotpot

atomic nucleus

trouble / blunder

meridian

pair of antithetical phrases / antithetical couplet

ruler (measuring instrument) / CL:把[bǎ]

posture / (math.) expression / formula

barracuda

thick bar / solid carrying pole

to give birth to a child or children

plasma (physics)

beggar (old term)

at that time / then

to take advantage of a loophole / to exploit an advantage / to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)

lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb) / fig. any significant achievement requires time, effort and persistence

lit. to want to get fat with only one mouthful (proverb) / fig. to try to achieve one's goal in the shortest time possible / to be impatient for success

a little bit

new emperor, new officials (idiom) / a new chief brings in new aides

to deal a single fatal blow / (fig.) to totally repudiate sb because of a minor error

lit. a full bottle makes no sound / a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom) / fig. empty vessels make the most noise

sixty years

bellyful (of sth) / full of (sth)

a whiff of / a taint of / a thread of

a one-off, short-sighted deal / a one-shot, all-out attempt