1 leading role

2 lead

1 to torment

2 to torture

1 surname Jue

1 angle

2 point of view

1 role

2 character in a novel

3 persona

4 also pr. [jiǎo sè]

1 a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)

1 lit. cutting and polishing (idiom)

2 fig. to learn by exchanging ideas or experiences

1 lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent

2 first sign of emerging talent

3 budding genius

1 to fight and scheme against each other (idiom)

2 (in palace construction) elaborate and refined

1 lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom)

2 to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful