1 template

2 (architecture) formwork

1 mother

2 also pr. [mǔ qin]

3 classifier: 个 gè

1 father and mother

2 parents

1 variant: 老板 lǎo bǎn

1 wife's mother

2 mother-in-law

1 lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter

2 scrupulous attention to detail

1 lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail

1 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor

1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)

1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)