1 to buy

2 to purchase

1 to do

2 to manage

3 to handle

4 to go about

5 to run

6 to set up

7 to deal with

1 means

2 method

3 way (of doing sth)

4 classifier: 条 tiáo

5 classifier: 个 gè

1 what's to be done

1 to purchase

2 to buy

1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom)

2 fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.

1 to do things in a strictly businesslike manner (idiom)

1 to do everything oneself (idiom); not to allow others in on the act

1 can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom)

1 lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point

2 idiom mocking scholastic pomposity