1 old variant of 乾|干[gān]

1 Belgium

2 Belgian

3 abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bǐ lì shí]

1 adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)

1 to drink a toast

2 Cheers! (proposing a toast)

3 Here's to you!

4 Bottoms up!

5 lit. dry cup

1 withered

2 dried up

1 thoroughly (idiom)

2 completely

3 one and all

4 very clean

1 smell of mother's milk not yet dried (idiom); immature and inexperienced

2 still wet behind the ears

1 all thunder but no rain (idiom)

2 a lot of noise but no action

1 things are very different now (idiom)

2 times have changed

1 lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)

2 fig. to turn hostility into friendship