1 to encourage

2 encouragement

1 comrade

2 (slang) homosexual

3 classifier: 个 gè

1 to establish

2 to set up

3 to found

1 like-minded (idiom)

2 fellow enthusiast

3 kindred spirit

1 inclination

2 interest

1 thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)

1 don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say

1 don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say

1 poor but with great ambitions (idiom)

2 poor but principled

1 gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals