1 to lend

2 to borrow

3 by means of

4 to take (an opportunity)

1 to use as an excuse

2 on the pretext

3 excuse

4 pretext

1 light

2 ray

3 classifier: 道 dào

4 bright

5 only

6 merely

7 to use up

1 light

2 radiance

3 (fig.) bright (prospects etc)

4 openhearted

1 honor and glory

2 glorious

1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold. (idiom)

2 fig. free time is to be treasured

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 remove sth that could be used as a pretext (idiom)

1 to lend sb a knife to kill sb

2 to get sb else to do one's dirty work

3 to attack using the strength of another (idiom)

1 to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)