1 flavor

2 smell

3 hint of

1 to know

2 to become aware of

3 also pr. [zhī dao]

1 by means of

2 through

3 via

4 to pass through

5 to get through

6 to adopt

7 to pass (a bill or inspection etc)

8 to switch over

1 don't tell me ...

2 could it be that...?

1 together

1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)

2 fig. to ride on sb else's success

3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too

4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it

1 lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)

2 I don't understand a word (idiom)

3 it's all Greek to me

1 one word says it all (idiom)

2 to hit the nail on the head

3 to be pithy and correct

1 grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)

1 no use to tell others

2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)