1 raw material

2 classifier: 个 gè

1 to anticipate

2 to expect

1 material

2 stuff

3 grain

4 feed

5 to expect

6 to anticipate

7 to guess

1 to arrange

2 to handle

3 to cook

4 cuisine

5 art of cooking

1 separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time)

1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)

1 lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom)

2 fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality

1 there is no knowing what is in a man's heart (idiom)

1 to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)

2 jerry-building

3 sloppy work

1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected