1 already

1 once

2 already

3 former

4 previously

5 ever

6 (past tense marker used before verb or clause)

1 strip

2 item

3 article

4 clause (of law or treaty)

5 classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)

1 surname Jing

1 the classics

2 scriptures

3 classical

4 classic (example, case etc)

5 typical

1 lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)

2 fig. people who are in it together for better or worse

3 people who will sink or swim together

1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)

2 fig. to stick to one's ways

3 to cling to one's course

1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience

1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience

1 not found in the classics (idiom); unknown

2 unfounded

3 not authoritative