問

to ask / to inquire

to ask; to inquire

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

surname Men

gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

question / problem / issue / topic / CL:個|个[ge4]

to interrogate / to examine / to question

learning / knowledge / CL:個|个[ge4]

to aspire to the throne / to aim at (the first place etc)

to enquire solicitously about sb's well-being (idiom) / to pamper

state visit

to launch a punitive campaign / to condemn scathingly

Tianwen, or Questions to Heaven, a long poem by Chu Yuan 屈原[Qu1 Yuan2] / Tianwen, a series of interplanetary missions developed by the China National Space Administration starting in 2016, named after the poem

Tianwen-1, Chinese mission to put a robotic rover on Mars launched in 2020

to sound sb out / to find out by tactful indirect questioning

Media Access Control / MAC

safety issue / security issue

to inquire

lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth

lit. to enjoy the beautiful spring scenery (idiom) / fig. to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats

to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)

lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power

serious problem

basic issue / fundamental question

to make an official visit (often abroad)