n. (Hira=こ) child, kid, infant, son; daughter, tot

(Trad=子, Pinyin=zi5) noun suffix

n. (Trad=子, Pinyin=zi3) first earthly branch, child, son, seed, small thing

(Trad=子, Pinyin=zi3) 11 P.M.-1 A.M.

(Simp=子, Pinyin=zi5) noun suffix

n. (Simp=子, Pinyin=zi3) first earthly branch, child, son, seed, small thing

(Simp=子, Pinyin=zi3) 11 P.M.-1 A.M.

¹ (1) a Korean foot; a ja (a unit of length, 0.33m)
(2) a ruler; a rule; a measure; a square; a yardstick

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² Come on!; Come now!; Here!; Here you are!

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[子] a son; a child; the master; the sign of the Rat; Confucius

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[字] (1) a character; a letter; an ideograph
(2) a pseudonym; another name; an alias; a nickname

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[紫] purple; violet; amethyst

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[者] (1) a person; one; a fellow; a guy; a chap
(2) a thing; that; this

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[自] from

bu2 ru4 hu3 xue4, yan1 de2 hu3 zi3
If you don't enter the tigers' lair, you cannot catch any cubs.
You have to take risks to be able to gain or win. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

ban4 ping2 zi3 cu4
Half a bottle of vinegar.
Referring to a person that has a superficial knowledge of something. Compare with 囫囵吞枣 (hu2 lun2 tun1 zao3) and 华而不实 (hua2 er2 bu4 shi2).

tian1 bu2 pa4, di4 bu2 pa4, jiu4 pa4 yang2 gui3 zi3 shuo1 zhong1 guo2 hua4
Not afraid of heaven, not afraid of earth, only afraid of foreign devils speaking Chinese.
(No further explanation)

kong3 fu1 zi3 fang4 pi3; yi4 gu3 wen2 qi4
Like Confucius breaking wind; A whiff of literary air.
Referring to a person that behaves in a very scholarly manner. Too much of a scholarly air.

ru2 zi3 ke3 jiao4
A youth worth teaching.
This idiom is used to praise promising youth.

shan1 shang4 mei2 you3 hu3, hou2 zi chen4 ba4 wang2
When the tiger is gone, the monkey reins the mountains.
(No further explanation)

liang2 shang4 jun1 zi3
The gentleman on the beam.
A thief. A light-fingered gentleman. Being both a gentleman and a thief.

lang2 zi3 ye3 xin1
A wolf cub with a savage heart.
To have a wolfish nature. To be full of wild ambitions.