1 element

2 element of a set

3 chemical element

1 element

2 factor

3 classifier: 个 gè

1 raw silk

2 white

3 plain, unadorned

4 vegetarian (food)

5 essence

6 nature

7 element

8 constituent

9 usually

10 always

11 ever

1 source material (in literature and art)

1 inner quality

2 basic essence

1 hardworking, thrifty, plain, and simple (idiom)

1 to hold a sinecure (idiom)

1 to continue in one's own way (idiom)

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