1 to blow

2 to play a wind instrument

3 to blast

4 to puff

5 to boast

6 to brag

7 to end in failure

8 to fall through

1 to clasp

2 to cup the hands

3 to hold up with both hands

4 to offer (esp. in cupped hands)

5 to praise

6 to flatter

1 surname Hu

1 carrot

1 beard

2 mustache or whiskers

3 facial hair

4 classifier: 撮 zuǒ

5 classifier: 根 gēn

6 (coll.) bandit

1 What brings you here? (idiom)

1 lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious

2 nitpick

1 lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom)

2 fig. to die

3 to bite the dust

4 to be over and done with

1 to hold up buttocks and praise a fart (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants

2 to toady

3 boot-licking

1 lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure

2 to group around a revered leader

3 to revolve around sb