1 Russia

1 to cultivate

2 to train

3 to groom

4 training

1 to cultivate

2 to breed

3 to foster

4 to nurture

5 to educate

6 to groom (for a position)

7 education

8 fostering

9 culture (biology)

1 Texas

1 east and west

1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)

1 to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth

1 lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch

2 to eradicate

1 to go separate ways (idiom)

2 to part ways with sb

3 Taiwan pr. [gè bēn dōng xī]

1 lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry