be handed down as a popular topic

long sleeves help one to dance skilfully, it shows person with money and power could do things easily

advance by inch and retreat by foot

be united in wedlock through a matchmaker

have nothing on(be stark naked)

one loses a thing which people at his side pick up

be left far behind, without any hope of catching up

the captives from Chu weeping with each other

The courtyard of an influential family is as crowded as a marketplace--a much-visited house.

people lamenting a common fate

cut the weeds and dig up the roots

be scared out of one's wits

have a brilliant mind and a broad vision

be known to the world

bring peace and order to the country

leniency(have mercy at heart)

China

punish one as a warning to a hundred

catch a weasel asleeptake somebody at advantage

have little talent and learning