1 mother

2 also pr. [mǔ qin]

3 classifier: 个 gè

1 father and mother

2 parents

1 zero

2 nought

3 zero sign

4 fractional

5 fragmentary

6 odd (of numbers)

7 (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one)

8 fraction

9 (in mathematics) remainder (after division)

10 extra

11 to wither and fall

12 to wither

1 between-meal nibbles

2 snacks

1 wife's mother

2 mother-in-law

1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder

1 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor

1 to break up the whole into pieces (idiom); dealing with things one by one

2 divide and conquer

1 drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)

1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)