1 great effort

2 to strive

3 to try hard

1 abbr. for Afghanistan 阿富汗[Ā fù hàn]

1 maternal aunt

2 step-mother

3 childcare worker

4 nursemaid

5 woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child)

6 classifier: 个 gè

1 Geneva, Switzerland

1 glazed roof tile

1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)

2 spare the rod, spoil the child

1 to use one's best efforts to do sth (idiom)

1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)

1 General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)

1 Better broken jade than intact tile.

2 Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom)