Results for “子”

to grab sb by the queue (i.e. hair) / to seize on weak points / to exploit the opponent's shortcomings

plunger (for clearing drains)

(slang) companion

to put up scaffolding / to build a framework / to launch an enterprise

lit. to take off a hat / fig. to be cleared of an unfair charge / rehabilitation

to harvest the fruits of sb else's labor

folding notebook / accounts book

to mix in some sand (e.g. when making concrete) / (fig.) to place outsiders into a monolithic group (to infiltrate or disrupt it etc)

(coll.) to quit one's job in disgust

encumbrance / burden / that awful thing (colloquial) / nuisance

duster / CL:把[bǎ]

plectrum

to pick an auspicious day

eraser / (kitchen) grater / shredder

to throw the dice

malaria

to set up a stall / (fig.) to maintain a large staff and organization

to do sth for show / to keep up appearances

lit. to arrange a shelf of flowers / superficial display (idiom)

son of a concubine or son of the wife other than her first

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

to stand sb up / to bail on sb

descended from an old family

see 敗家子|败家子[bài jiā zǐ]

return of the prodigal son

spendthrift / wastrel / prodigal

to educate one's children / godson

to break up / to disband

enemy agent / spy (esp. from a hostile foreign power)

see 料件子活[liào jiàn zi huó]

piecework

(coll.) (military) raw recruit / rookie

see 新娘[xīn niáng]

to die without progeny / (offensive) may you die childless / may you be the last of your family line

prescription (medicine)

torsor (math.)

whirlwind somersault (in gymnastics or martial arts)

see 又想當婊子又想立牌坊|又想当婊子又想立牌坊[yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng]

give birth to a son soon (propitiatory compliment to newlyweds)

non-swimmer