1 old variant of 和[hé]

1 main food

2 staple (rice and noodles)

1 republic

1 Buddhist monk

1 Heping district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning

2 Hoping township in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan

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. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)

2 fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation

3 in dire straits