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Chinese proverb

Beat your child once a day. If you don't know why, the child does.

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child

[child] See: [BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE], [WITH CHILD]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

with child

[with child] {adv. phr.}, {literary} Going to have a baby; pregnant. * /The angel told Mary she was with child./ Compare: [IN A FAMILY WAY] or [IN THE FAMILY WAY]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

child's play

[child's play] {adj.} Easy; requiring no effort. * /Mary's work as a volunteer social worker is so agreeable to her that she thinks of it as child's play./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

burnt child dreads the fire

[burnt child dreads the fire] or [once bitten, twice shy] A person who has suffered from doing something has learned to avoid doing it again. - A proverb. * /Once […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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