1 Hara (Japanese surname)

1 original

2 former

3 originally

4 formerly

5 at first

6 so, actually, as it turns out

1 principle

2 doctrine

3 classifier: 个 gè

1 cause

2 origin

3 root cause

4 reason

5 classifier: 个 gè

1 original text

1 a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)

1 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)

2 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off

3 to go for wool and come back shorn

1 sticking unmoving to the original (idiom); not an iota changed

2 untouched

1 original identity fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth

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)