1 (negative prefix)

2 not

3 no

1 (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])

2 him

3 her

4 it

1 matter

2 thing

3 item

4 work

5 affair

6 classifier: 件 jiàn

7 classifier: 桩 zhuāng

8 classifier: 回 huí

1 front

2 forward

3 ahead

4 first

5 top (followed by a number)

6 future

7 ago

8 before

9 BC (e.g. 前293年)

10 former

11 formerly

1 not long (after)

2 before too long

3 soon

4 soon after

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 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.

1 once is more than enough (idiom)

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 live miles apart (idiom)