Text matches for “子”

to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom) / unable to speak of one's bitter suffering / sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出

see 刀子嘴，豆腐心[dāo zi zuǐ , dòu fu xīn]

the four book depositories, namely: classics 經|经, history 史, philosophy 子[zǐ], belles-lettres 集

the 12 earthly branches 子[zǐ], 丑[chǒu], 寅[yín], 卯[mǎo], 辰[chén], 巳[sì], 午[wǔ], 未[wèi], 申[shēn], 酉[yǒu], 戌[xū], 亥[hài], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc

Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water) / to put one's head in the noose

women's volleyball / abbr. for 女子排球

(Internet slang) (pun on 妹子[mèi zi])

son, esp. the eldest son, of the wife (contrasted with 庶子[shù zǐ])

(of a game, movie etc) intended for children (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 子供向け "kodomo-muke")

(Internet slang) the three 子's that symbolize success in life: a house, a car and a wife (房子[fáng zi], 車子|车子[chē zi] and 妻子[qī zi]) / (archaic) cautious / cowardly

(slang) little biyatch (variation of 小婊子)

gruel made from maize ground finer than 大𥻗子[dà chá zǐ]

declining birthrate (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 少子化 "shoushika")

reign title / era name (name for either the entire reign of an emperor or one part of it) / year number (such as 2016 or 甲子)

bizarre / paradoxical / a paradox (from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])

males eligible for military service / draftee / abbr. for 役齡男子|役龄男子

lit. catch fish then forget the trap (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ]) / fig. to take help for granted

"human nature is evil", theory advocated by Xunzi 荀子[Xún zǐ]

jelly snack made by kneading jelly fig seeds 愛玉子|爱玉子[ài yù zǐ] in water and combining with flavorings (popular in Taiwan and Singapore)

support / stand / trivet / (cooking utensil) gridiron / (variant of 梔子|栀子[zhī zi]) cape jasmine2 matching entries

see 是騾子是馬，牽出來遛遛|是骡子是马，牵出来遛遛[shì luó zi shì mǎ , qiān chū lai liù liu]

the middle of the month / (Tw) (coll.) postpartum care center (abbr. for 月子中心[yuè zi zhōng xīn])

Chinese pearleaf crabapple (Malus asiatica) / (Internet slang) tits (pun on 奶子[nǎi zi])

lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom) / fig. it's the weak (i.e. 軟柿子|软柿子[ruǎn shì zi]) who get picked on / bullies pick soft targets

watchman's clapper / wooden clappers with bars of unequal length / abbr. for 梆子腔[bāng zi qiāng]

sacrificed piece (in chess or Go) / abandoned child / (fig.) sth that has been abandoned or sacrificed (an ally, a product, employees etc) / (in expressions such as 拋家棄子|抛家弃子[pāo jiā qì zǐ]) to abandon one's child(ren)

(old) chief coffin bearer / (fig.) argumentative person / a kind of bread made with a dough flattened using a rolling pin 槓子|杠子[gàng zi]

positron / also called 正電子|正电子[zhèng diàn zǐ]

if you take too big a stride, you could easily rip your balls (catchphrase) (line spoken by actor 葛優|葛优[Gě Yōu] in the 2010 action comedy movie 讓子彈飛|让子弹飞[Ràng Zǐ dàn Fēi]) / (fig.) take things one step at a time

bacterial tracheitis (inflammation of the windpipe, often caused by Staphylococcus aureus) / henpecked (a pun on 妻子管得嚴|妻子管得严[qī zi guǎn de yán] used in comic theater)

lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ]) / fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts

onsen tamago / hot spring egg (soft-boiled egg cooked slowly in hot spring water) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 温玉 "ontama", which is an abbr. for 温泉玉子 "onsen tamago")

mystery within a mystery / the mysteries of the Dao according to Laozi 老子[Lǎo zǐ]

men's volleyball / abbr. for 男子排球

abbr. for 男子足球 men's soccer / abbr. for 男子足球隊|男子足球队 men's soccer team

loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子[Lǎo zǐ]) / the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape

ignorant / doubt stemming from ignorance / (a summer insect has no word for ice, Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])

to come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ]) / to win every fight

know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ])

erhua form of 石子[shí zǐ]