1 quarter (hour)

2 moment

3 to carve

4 to engrave

5 to cut

6 oppressive

7 classifier for short time intervals

1 surname Mu

1 a carved inscription

1 meticulous

2 painstaking

3 deliberate

1 hardworking

2 assiduous

1 lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)

2 fig. one is helpless alone

1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence

1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)

2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine

3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine

1 lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances

1 to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering

2 hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity