méi mu
progress
prospect of solution
sign of positive outcome
Dà mu zhǐ
Tom Thumb (small person in folk tales)
Tiē mù ér
Timur or Tamerlane (1336-1405), Mongol emperor and conqueror
chī mu hū
(dialect) gum (in one's eyes)
shù qǐ dà mu zhǐ
to give a thumbs-up
to express one's approval