精金美玉(Refined pure gold and jade of the finest quality)

獺祭魚(Otters arrange fish along the riverbank as an offering to their ancestors.)

骨瘦如豺(This person was so thin that the bones in his body were clearly visible, and he resembled a jackal.)

么麼小醜(Ugly and wicked people of low status and little power.)

修身慎行(Cultivating Moral Character and Being Cautious in One's Actions)

不可復得(Cannot be attained again.)

人各有志(We all have different aspirations in life.)

涕如綆縻(Their tears flowed continuously, like a rope.)

惴惴不安(Fear, worry and unease)

寒耕暑耘(To cultivate the land in the cold and toil in the heat.)

茹苦含辛(They endured toil and pain as though it were food, chewing and swallowing it whole.)

銜悲茹恨(My mouth felt like it was filled with bitter sorrow; I chewed and swallowed this sorrow, and it transformed into endless resentment.)

寒木春華(Hardy Trees and Spring Flowers)

師心自任(One who believes themselves to be a master and whose views are always correct.)

勢傾天下(Their power was so great it could overturn the entire country)