1 fingernail

1 first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]

2 (used for an unspecified person or thing)

3 first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)

4 letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc

5 armor plating

6 shell or carapace

7 (of the fingers or toes) nail

8 bladed leather or metal armor (old)

9 ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old)

10 civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bǎo jiǎ] system (old)

11 ancient Chinese compass point: 75°

1 to meet (by chance)

2 to come across

1 to meet by chance

2 to come across

3 (of a calendar event) to come along

4 (of an event) to fall on (a particular day)

5 to fawn upon

1 variant: 邱吉尔 Qiū jí ěr

1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.

1 it's a small world (idiom)

1 extremely rare (idiom)

2 once in a blue moon

1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)

1 lit. to strike water right and left (idiom)

2 fig. to turn everything into gold

3 to have everything going one's way

4 to benefit from both sides