1 weaponry

2 weapons

3 arms

1 to cancel

2 cancellation

1 to digest

2 digestion

3 digestive

1 to disappear

2 to fade away

1 news

2 information

3 classifier: 条 tiáo

1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)

1 lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly

2 in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state

3 Rome wasn't built in a day

1 To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job

1 lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom)

2 to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents

1 To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job