1 (slang) very close same-sex friend

2 gay partner

1 base (of operations)

2 industrial or military base

3 al-Qaeda

1 basic

2 fundamental

3 main

4 elementary

1 basically

2 on the whole

1 base

2 foundation

3 basis

4 underlying

5 classifier: 个 gè

1 to damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom); personal profit at public expense

2 venal and selfish behavior

1 lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom)

2 fig. not to live up to one's promises

1 to live off the fat of the land (idiom)

2 to have a luxurious lifestyle

1 a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income (idiom)