1 to ask

1 to give one's respects

2 to send a greeting

3 (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking)

1 question

2 problem

3 issue

4 topic

5 classifier: 个 gè

1 to aspire to the throne

2 to aim at (the first place etc)

1 to question

2 to quiz

3 to grill

1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)

2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on

3 complete ignorance

1 lit. like a sheet of loose sand

2 fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)

1 One careless move and the whole game is lost. (idiom)

1 too uncouth to appear in public (idiom)

2 unfit for a public role

1 no matter what may happen (idiom)