1 surname Wei

2 ancient Chinese state near present day Chongqing

3 Taiwan pr. [Wéi]

1 lowly

2 humble

1 (main) hall

2 large room for a specific purpose

3 classifier: 间 jiān

4 relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family

5 of the same clan

6 classifier for classes, lectures etc

7 classifier for sets of furniture

1 paradise

2 heaven

1 college

2 school (old)

1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)

2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven

1 (idiom) what lowly people think counts for little

1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence

1 A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.

1 before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers

2 an army marches on its stomach