Text matches for “子”

(expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control his vassals

to make a mess of sth

to push up one's sleeves

one who is not prepared to risk his child will never catch the wolf (proverb) / (fig.) one who is unwilling to take risks will not achieve great things

drum stick / bass drum mallet / CL:把[bǎ]

to have one's bicycle chain come off / (fig.) to let sb down / to drop the ball / to screw up

face (mining)

to seize by the throat

to bend forward / to lean out

hair clippers

arm wrestling

to capture stones (in Go)

(genetics) insertion element

Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)

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)

to stand sb up / to bail on sb

descended from an old family

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)