1 (slang) very close same-sex friend

2 gay partner

1 base (of operations)

2 industrial or military base

3 al-Qaeda

1 basic

2 fundamental

3 main

4 elementary

1 base

2 foundation

3 basis

4 underlying

5 classifier: 个 gè

1 fund

1 to hit the nail on the head (idiom)

1 sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom); by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity

2 many a mickle makes a muckle

1 lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou (idiom); to get an official position