赤子

chìzǐ
  1. newborn baby
  2. the people (of a country)

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) person cherishing true love for his native land; the people (of a country)
  2. newborn baby; neonate
  3. person cherishing true love for his native land; the people (of a country)

Wiktionary

  1. 初生的婴儿。
  2. 比喻人民。

重編國語辭典

  1. 婴儿，新生儿
  2. 对故土怀有纯真感情的人。
  3. 百姓

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 赤 chì
  1. red
  2. scarlet
  3. bare
  4. naked
=2 子 zǐ
  1. son
  2. child
  3. seed
  4. egg
  5. small thing
  6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
  7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 wǔděngjuéwèi
  8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
  9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
=2 子 zi noun suffix, as in 椅子 yǐzi "chair"

Containing this entry

海外赤子 hǎiwàichìzǐ patriotic overseas compatriot
赤子之心 chìzǐzhīxīn
  1. pure and innocent like the heart of a newborn
  2. sincere

Related entries

新生儿 xīnshēngér
  1. newborn baby
  2. neonate
产儿 chǎnér
  1. newborn baby
  2. fig. brand-new object
人民 rénmín the people

classifier: 個

他受人民的爱戴。

He is loved by his people.

Source: Tatoeba

民 mín
  1. (bound form) the people
  2. inhabitants of a country
中国人民非常勤劳。

The Chinese people are exceptionally hardworking.

Source: Tatoeba

生灵 shēnglíng
  1. (literary) the people
  2. living thing
  3. creature