surname Bo

thin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertile

see 薄荷[bo4 he5]

mint (plant); Taiwan pr. [bo4he2]

thin flat cake; pancake; pizza

weak; frail

mint (confectionery)

meager estate; small means

small profits

meanness and generosity; intimacy and alienation

to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women); to be born unlucky

barren land; poor soil

thin layer; thin slice; film; lamina; lamella

fickle; inconstant person

mean treatment; indifference; meager hospitality

inconstant in love; fickle

meager skill; my poor talents (humble)

dim light; early dawn

at dawn

at dusk; evening

dusk; twilight

thin plate; sheet; lamina; Taiwan pr. [bo2 ban3]

vast area; all the way to the sea

thin slice; thin section; flake; Taiwan pr. [bo2 pian4]

barren field; poor land

my meager gift (humble)

gauze (cloth)

thin paper (tissue paper, onionskin etc)

light silk; silk chiffon

crispy; thin and brittle; a crispy fried cracker

membrane; film; CL:層|层[ceng2]

(my inferior) wine (humble term used by a host)

small reward (for work); meager remuneration

mist; haze

my meager sensibilities; blushing face; please do it for my sake (i.e. to save my face)(humble)

Bo Yibo (1908-2007), ranking PRC politician, served on State Council from 1950s to 1980s as colleague of Deng Xiaoping

Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), Italian writer, poet, and humanist, author of Decameron 十日談|十日谈[Shi2 ri4 Tan2]

oil sheet

pancake

Bo Xilai (1949-), PRC politician, appointed to the Politburo in 2007, sentenced in 2013 to life imprisonment for corruption and misconduct

Raymond Burghard (1945-), US diplomat and ambassador to Vietnam 2001-2004, chairman of American Institute in Taiwan from 2006

peppermint oil

menthol

menthone (chemistry)

(chemistry) menthol

thin lens (optics)

to neglect one's parents but give them a rich funeral; hypocrisy in arranging a lavish funeral after treating one's parents meanly

small profit but rapid turnover

weak link; loophole