Text matches for “子”

piecework

(coll.) (military) raw recruit / rookie

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

prescription (medicine)

torsor (math.)

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

non-swimmer

lit. to see whether it's a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk (idiom) / fig. the proof of the pudding is in the eating / to show what one is made of

(math.) highest common factor (HCF) / greatest common divisor (GCD)

lit. a child who cries gets to feed at the breast (idiom) / fig. the squeaky wheel gets the grease

lit. the child who cries gets the candy (idiom) / fig. the squeaky wheel gets the grease

(coll.) a moment / a while

(coll.) lying-in woman

traditional one-month confinement period following childbirth / puerperium

postpartum care center (a facility providing services such as professional care and nutritionally balanced meals for mothers during the traditional month of rest after giving birth)

puerperal fever

a real man, if he takes a hit, will seek to even the score (idiom)

one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom)

to have real skill / to know one's stuff

like father, like son (idiom)

I still have sons, don't I? / fig. future generations will continue the work

organic molecule

lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom) / fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life / to have great hopes for one's offspring / to give one's child the best education as a career investment

powder / dust

the first meridian / the prime meridian

scoop

gin

juniper berry

banging away clumsily in all directions with no overall vision

it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)

jelly

masked palm civet (Paguma larvata)

marmalade / jellied fruit

fruit drink

twig / branch

feeder pig

two-wheeled handcart

drum kit

goji berry

Shandong opera