1 a moment

2 a while

3 in a moment

4 now...now...

5 also pr. [yī huǐ r5]

1 one's employment

2 business

3 matter that needs to be settled

4 (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding

5 trying

6 troublesome

7 erhua variant: 事 shì

8 classifier: 件 jiàn

9 classifier: 桩 zhuāng

1 figurine

1 (coll.) today

1 child

2 son

1 lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom)

2 fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality

1 lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom)

2 fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification

1 younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)

1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)

2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape

3 no sign of success yet

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