1 piano

2 classifier: 架 jià

3 classifier: 台 tái

1 abbr. for Afghanistan 阿富汗[Ā fù hàn]

1 maternal aunt

2 step-mother

3 childcare worker

4 nursemaid

5 woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child)

6 classifier: 个 gè

1 Amitabha Buddha

2 the Buddha of the Western paradise

3 may the lord Buddha preserve us!

4 merciful Buddha!

1 harmonica

1 carrying very little luggage (idiom)

2 honest and incorruptible (government officials)

1 person and lute have both vanished (idiom)

2 death of a close friend

1 General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)

1 lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom)

2 fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience

3 to cast pearls before swine

4 caviar to the general

5 to preach to deaf ears

6 to talk over sb's head

1 floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position