1 small

2 tiny

3 few

4 young

1 very small

2 very few

3 very minor

1 hour

2 classifier: 个 gè

1 to work

2 (of a machine) to operate

3 job

4 work

5 task

6 classifier: 个 gè

7 classifier: 份 fèn

8 classifier: 项 xiàng

1 artificial

2 manpower

3 manual work

1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)

2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children

3 sandwich generation

1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)

1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)

1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)

1 to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)

2 jerry-building

3 sloppy work