1 idiot

2 fool

1 foolish

2 stupid

3 expressionless

4 blank

5 to stay

1 papaya (Carica papaya)

2 genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae

3 Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)

1 to stare blankly

2 to be stunned

3 to be lost in thought

1 watermelon

2 classifier: 颗 kē

3 classifier: 粒 lì

4 classifier: 个 ge

1 lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck

1 lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)

2 fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen

1 to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)

1 lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently

2 to know sth inside out

3 to know sth by heart

1 every potter praises his own pot (idiom)

2 all one's geese are swans