1 fingernail

1 to fail (a course)

1 first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]

2 (used for an unspecified person or thing)

3 first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)

4 letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc

5 armor plating

6 shell or carapace

7 (of the fingers or toes) nail

8 bladed leather or metal armor (old)

9 ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old)

10 civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bǎo jiǎ] system (old)

11 ancient Chinese compass point: 75°

1 universal

2 encyclopedic

3 abbr. for 百科全書|百科全书[bǎi kē quán shū]

1 branch of study

2 administrative section

3 division

4 field

5 branch

6 stage directions

7 family (taxonomy)

8 rules

9 laws

10 to mete out (punishment)

11 to levy (taxes etc)

12 to fine sb

13 classifier: 个 gè

1 to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest

2 buffoonery

1 to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom)

2 to keep ready for battle at all times

1 to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom); to relax from fighting

1 to put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom); to relax from fighting

1 one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)