Made up of [子zǐ child; sage; seed
radical 39, 小xiǎo small; young
radical 42] Made with 6 strokes.
Combining 'child' and 'small' gives the idea of very young child and only a small step yields 'grandson'
名落孙山míng luò sūn shānA euphemism for failing an examination. The story is that Sun Shan and a fellow townsman went to take the Imperial examinations. Sun Shan passed but was bottom of the list. When he went home he was asked by the father of his fellow townsman how his son had done in the exams. He replied that Sun Shan was bottom of the list and your son was below Sun Shan.
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