1 husband

2 classifier: 个 gè

1 skill

2 art

3 kung fu

4 labor

5 effort

1 senior official (in imperial China)

1 lady

2 madam

3 Mrs.

4 classifier: 位 wèi

1 husband and wife

2 married couple

1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)

1 to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)

1 long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)

1 to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home

2 to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)

1 If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.

2 cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task

3 to study diligently