the respectable pioneer

to be unable to make out one's case even with a hundred mouths

nothing for it

fail to see the larger issues

compensate for the deficiency

Impossible to catch

Know nothing about the world

get out of the frying pan into the fire(from the smoke into the smother)

beneath contempt(not worth a laugh)

can not see eye to eye(not get along well)

Do or think the same without prior consulation

the eldest,second,third and youngest brothers

daily necessities as food and clothing

scale mountains and ford streams

be versed neither in polite letters nor in military arts--be incompetent

flee from evil and strive to walk in fair fortune's way

Strategically located places

Mt.Changbaishan and the Heilongjian River,Mt.Changpai and the Amur River

closely analyse

if have to(under the necessity of)