1 template

2 (architecture) formwork

1 variant: 老板 lǎo bǎn

1 motherboard (computing)

1 stiff

2 inflexible

3 mechanical

4 stubborn

5 to cut blocks for printing

1 to blab

2 to shoot one's mouth off

3 to commit a gaffe

1 lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter

2 scrupulous attention to detail

1 lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail

1 to cover up the truth on all sides (idiom)

1 lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering

2 omnipresent

3 of universal importance

1 to be secretive; to try to cover up (idiom)