薄

surname Bo

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

meager / slight / weak / ungenerous or unkind / frivolous / to despise / to belittle / to look down on / to approach or near

see 薄荷[bo4 he5]

surname Pu

extensive / pervading

grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5]

unkind / harsh / cutting / mean / acrimony / to embezzle by making illegal deductions

weak / frail / thin / flimsy

to favor one and discriminate against the other (abbr. for 厚此薄彼[hou4 ci3 bo2 bi3])

thickness / also pr. [hou4 bo2]

to favour one and discriminate against the other

generous care but a thrifty funeral / to look after one's parents generously, but not waste money on a lavish funeral

to despise / to look down upon sth

supremely honorable and righteous

to lack the necessities of life

harsh and merciless (idiom)

to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)

lit. to praise the dead and revile the living / fig. to live in the past (idiom)

lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom) / good preparation is the key to success / to be well prepared