1 to fail (a course)

1 universal

2 encyclopedic

3 abbr. for 百科全書|百科全书[bǎi kē quán shū]

1 branch of study

2 administrative section

3 division

4 field

5 branch

6 stage directions

7 family (taxonomy)

8 rules

9 laws

10 to mete out (punishment)

11 to levy (taxes etc)

12 to fine sb

13 classifier: 个 gè

1 science

2 scientific knowledge

3 scientific

4 rational

5 classifier: 门 mén

6 classifier: 个 gè

7 classifier: 种 zhǒng

1 science and technology

1 to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest

2 buffoonery

1 lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom)

2 fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle

3 to get to a better place after going through difficult period