1 abbr. for 哈薩克斯坦|哈萨克斯坦[Hā sà kè sī tǎn], Kazakhstan

2 abbr. for 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Hā ěr bīn], Harbin

1 (onom.) laughing out loud

1 secret

2 classifier: 个 gè

1 to keep sth confidential

2 to maintain secrecy

1 idiot

2 fool

1 inextricably linked (idiom)

2 inseparable

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