1 variant: 碗 wǎn

1 to wash the dishes

1 to dry over a stove

1 background (of a painting)

2 backdrop

3 a foil (to set off something to advantage)

4 to offset (something to advantage)

1 to roast

2 to bake

1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)

2 fig. to be impartial

1 lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom)

2 not content with what one already has

3 (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye

1 lit. to shade in the clouds to offset the moon (idiom); fig. a foil

2 a contrasting character to a main hero