1 affair

2 matter

3 thing

4 business

5 classifier: 件 jiàn

6 classifier: 桩 zhuāng

1 man

2 person

3 people

4 classifier: 个 gè

5 classifier: 位 wèi

1 life (one's time on earth)

1 to do

2 to make

3 to produce

4 to write

5 to compose

6 to act as

7 to engage in

8 to hold (a party)

9 to be

10 to become

11 to function (in some capacity)

12 to serve as

13 to be used for

14 to form (a bond or relationship)

15 to pretend

16 to feign

17 to act a part

18 to put on appearance

1 other people

2 others

3 other person

1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end

2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.

3 in for a penny, in for a pound

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 to shed tears of sympathy (idiom)

1 love at first sight (idiom)

1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity