1 author

2 writer

3 classifier: 个 gè

1 element

2 element of a set

3 chemical element

1 tell-tale

2 informer (esp. to police)

3 whistleblower

4 grass

1 element

2 factor

3 classifier: 个 gè

1 patient

2 sufferer

1 lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)

2 fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation

3 in dire straits

1 lit. 之[zhī], 乎[hū], 者[zhě] and 也[yě] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions

1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)

2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich

1 The benevolent sees benevolence, the wise sees wisdom.

2 Different views are admissible. (idiom)

1 He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom).

2 Be careful not to trust foreigners.

3 Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!