1 old variant of 和[hé]

1 unexpectedly

2 to one's surprise

1 republic

1 unexpected (idiom)

2 surprising

1 raw material

2 classifier: 个 gè

1 to echo one another (idiom)

1 to keep on the right side of everyone (idiom)

2 warm and affable

1 lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)

2 fig. at a total loss

1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)

2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business

3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)

1 lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom)

2 fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality