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Frequency data from Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare.

误人子弟wù rén zǐ dì

(of a lazy or incompetent teacher) to hamper students' progress / (of media) to propagate errors / to lead people astray

谐振子xié zhèn zǐ

harmonic oscillator (physics)

诸子zhū zǐ

various sages / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[rú] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kǒng zǐ] and Mencius 孟子[Mèng zǐ], Daoism 道[dào] by Laozi 老子[Lǎo zǐ] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ], Mohism 墨[mò] by Mozi 墨子[Mò zǐ], Legalism 法[fǎ] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sūn zǐ] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Hán Fēi zǐ], and numerous others

诸子十家zhū zǐ shí jiā

various sages and ten schools of thought / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[rú] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kǒng zǐ] and Mencius 孟子[Mèng zǐ], Daoism 道[dào] by Laozi 老子[Lǎo zǐ] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ], Mohism 墨[mò] by Mozi 墨子[Mò zǐ], Legalism 法[fǎ] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sūn zǐ] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Hán Fēi zǐ], and numerous others

诸子百家zhū zǐ bǎi jiā

the Hundred Schools of Thought, the various schools of thought and their exponents during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC)

谱子pǔ zi

musical score

护犊子hù dú zi

(fig.) to be unduly protective of one's own (often to the point of excusing or defending their wrongdoing)

豆橛子dòu jué zi

(Shandong dialect) cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)

貉子háo zi

raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) / raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki) / also called 狸

猫哭耗子māo kū hào zi

the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom) / hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears

负离子fù lí zǐ

negative ion / anion (physics)

贩夫俗子fàn fū sú zi

peddlers and common people / lower class

买面子mǎi miàn zi

to allow sb to save face / to defer to

费米子fèi mǐ zǐ

(physics) fermion

卖关子mài guān zi

(in storytelling) to keep listeners in suspense / (in general) to keep people on tenterhooks

卖面子mài miàn zi

to show deference to sb by obliging them (or by obliging sb associated with them)

质子数zhì zǐ shù

proton number in nucleus / atomic number

质子轰击zhì zǐ hōng jī

proton bombardment

赤子chì zǐ

newborn baby / the people (of a country)

赤子之心chì zǐ zhī xīn

pure and innocent like the heart of a newborn / sincere

走子zǒu zǐ

a move (in chess)

赶鸭子上架gǎn yā zi shàng jià

lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom) / fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability

趼子jiǎn zi

callus (patch or hardened skin) / corns (on the feet)

跑腿子pǎo tuǐ zi

(dialect) to live as a bachelor / bachelor

跳房子tiào fáng zi

hopscotch / to play hopscotch

踺子jiàn zi

(gymnastics) roundoff

蹬子dēng zi

pedal

蹬鼻子上脸dēng bí zi shàng liǎn

lit. to climb all over sb / fig. to take advantage of sb's weakness

身子骨shēn zi gǔ

(coll.) physique / physical constitution / health

身正不怕影子斜shēn zhèng bù pà yǐng zi xié

(lit.) when a man stands straight, he doesn't worry that his shadow is slanting (saying) / (fig.) as long as one conducts oneself honorably, one need not worry about what people think / a clean hand wants no washing

车厘子chē lí zi

(loanword) sweet cherry

车轮子chē lún zi

wheel

软刀子ruǎn dāo zi

(lit.) the soft knife / (fig.) underhanded tactics / devious means of attack

软柿子ruǎn shì zi

(coll.) pushover / soft touch

软钉子ruǎn dīng zi

lit. a soft nail / fig. a tactful retort or rejection

轻子qīng zǐ

lepton (particle physics)

转子zhuàn zǐ

(electricity) rotor

转腰子zhuàn yāo zi

(coll.) to pace around nervously / to speak indirectly / to beat about the bush

辣妹子là mèi zi

sassy young woman or pretty girl (esp. one from China's spice belt: Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan and Yunnan)

辣子là zi

cayenne pepper / chili

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