1 old variant of 和[hé]

1 to admire

1 (try to) overcome (hardships etc)

2 to conquer

3 to put up with

4 to endure

1 to subdue

2 to check

3 to bring under control

4 (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status

5 uniform (army, party, school etc)

6 livery (for company employees)

7 classifier: 套 tào

1 Buddhist monk

1 to echo one another (idiom)

1 to keep on the right side of everyone (idiom)

2 warm and affable

1 lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)

2 fig. at a total loss

1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)

2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business

3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)

1 lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)

2 fig. to do one's job mechanically

3 to hold a position passively