1 public good

2 public welfare

1 benefit

2 (in sb's) interest

3 classifier: 个 gè

1 mother

2 also pr. [mǔ qin]

3 classifier: 个 gè

1 father and mother

2 parents

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 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor

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

2 to eradicate