1 affair

2 matter

3 thing

4 business

5 classifier: 件 jiàn

6 classifier: 桩 zhuāng

1 man

2 person

3 people

4 classifier: 个 gè

5 classifier: 位 wèi

1 life (one's time on earth)

1 other people

2 others

3 other person

1 woman

1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)

2 fig. to ride on sb else's success

3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too

4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it

1 to shed tears of sympathy (idiom)

1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)

2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible

1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)

2 fig. to be impartial

1 love at first sight (idiom)