消

to disappear / to vanish / to eliminate / to spend (time) / have to / need

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

surname Xiao / Taiwan pr. [Xiao4]

similar / resembling / to resemble / to be like

to cancel / cancellation

to not need / needless (to say)

insider information

to melt like ice and break like tiles / to disintegrate / to dissolve

Reference News (PRC limited-distribution daily newspaper)

to lift a prohibition / to lift a ban

variable with the times / transient / impermanent

the clouds melt and the mists disperse (idiom) / to clear up / to vanish into thin air

instant message

see 三公經費|三公经费[san1 gong1 jing1 fei4]

China Consumers' Association (CCA)