1 thing

2 object

3 classifier: 个 gè

1 person

2 character (in a play, novel etc)

3 protagonist

4 classifier: 个 gè

1 animal

2 classifier: 只 zhī

3 classifier: 群 qún

4 classifier: 个 gè

1 house pet

1 Cao Zhi (192-232), son of Cao Cao 曹操, noted poet and calligrapher

1 lit. one object bests another object

2 every item has a weakness (idiom)

3 there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock

1 lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)

2 fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation

3 in dire straits

1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)

2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich

1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence

1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)