1 lump (of earth)

2 chunk

3 piece

4 classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc

5 (coll.) classifier for money and currency units

1 one block

2 one piece

3 one (unit of money)

4 together

5 in the same place

6 in company

1 erhua variant: 一块 yī kuài

1 ice cube

2 ice chunk

1 to cut into pieces

1 to have one's defenses in good order (idiom)

1 to chew on a large slab (idiom); a large mouthful is hard to chew

2 to tuck into a great meal

1 bed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom)

2 the correct etiquette for a filial son during the mourning period

1 the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom)

2 many a little makes a mickle