wǔ​chǐ​zhī​tóng

a young child

五尺之童 wǔ​chǐ​zhī​tóng
a young child
(literary) an underage child. Derived from a passage in Mencius stating that even a child would not be cheated at the market; 'five feet' refers to an ancient measurement representing a short stature.

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