1 to pass

2 to spend (time)

3 measure

4 limit

5 extent

6 degree of intensity

7 degree (angles, temperature etc)

8 kilowatt-hour

9 classifier for events and occurrences

1 speed

2 rate

3 velocity

4 (music) tempo

5 classifier: 个 gè

1 for a time

2 at one time

3 one time

4 once

1 once more

2 once again

3 one more time

1 system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc)

2 institution

3 classifier: 个 gè

1 to think nothing of doing sth (idiom)

2 to do sth without considering the risks

3 to leave out of consideration

1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)

1 a day drags past like a year (idiom); time hangs heavy

2 time crawls when one is wretched

1 to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass

1 lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom)

2 strapped for cash

3 unable to make ends meet