1 man

2 person

3 people

4 classifier: 个 gè

5 classifier: 位 wèi

1 life (one's time on earth)

1 this year

1 other people

2 others

3 other person

1 woman

1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)

2 fig. to ride on sb else's success

3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too

4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it

1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)

1 the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)

2 early planning is the key to success

1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy

1 nothing much changes (idiom); always the same

2 stuck in a rut