1 to put on makeup

1 cosmetic

2 makeup product

1 chemistry

2 chemical

1 to dissolve

2 to resolve (contradictions)

3 to dispel (doubts)

4 to iron out (difficulties)

5 to defuse (conflicts)

6 to neutralize (fears)

1 incarnation

2 reincarnation

3 embodiment (of abstract idea)

4 personification

1 to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)

2 Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)

1 the full light of day (idiom)

2 fig. peace and prosperity

3 in broad daylight

1 to reach perfection (idiom); a superb artistic achievement

1 lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)

2 fig. to turn hostility into friendship

1 to break up the whole into pieces (idiom); dealing with things one by one

2 divide and conquer