1 Belgium

2 Belgian

3 abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bǐ lì shí]

1 surname Mi

1 over the same period

2 year-on-year

1 (husked) rice

1 to be just like

2 can be compared to

1 a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)

1 things are very different now (idiom)

2 times have changed

1 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)

2 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off

3 to go for wool and come back shorn

1 Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom)

2 Long may you live!

1 far-flung realms as next door (idiom)

2 close in spirit although far away