fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom); lit. to spin silk from cocoons

Hesitate to look forward to

Severity in speech and fairness in principle -- as the utterance of an upright person

Abuse of money

rob Peter to pay Paul

blow aside the fur to seek for faults

Stare at the tongue

be surrounded by beauties

Hardship of travel without shelter

follow correct opinion like water flowing downward

range upon range of mountains

out of a blue sky

Beyond common customs

sobbing and sighing

A crow feeds its mother-filial piety.

the sight stirs up one's sad feelings

feed on the wind and sleep in the dew

dressing in motley and clowning to amuse his parents

Remain an indifferent spectator

Wolves block the road--evil men usurping authority.