1 to go to work

2 to be on duty

3 to start work

4 to go to the office

1 to finish work

2 to get off work

1 to work overtime

1 surname Ban

1 variant: 草 cǎo

1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence

1 A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.

1 before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers

2 an army marches on its stomach

1 lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch

2 to eradicate

1 lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)

2 fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too