Auspicious occasion

be lucky to have escaped death

impossible date,since there is no “mule year”

geese settle and fish sink

Armed might

Good night

snow discord(tell tales out of school)

silks and brocades

Forget oneself

the gaiety and splendour of Six Dynasties aristocratic life

take to the wilds

slink away(take a sneak)

be off the beam(be off the standard)

be insatiably greedy like wolves and tigers

unbreakable

elaborately wrought

grands bǎtiments(grandes maisons à étage,grandes salles,grandes hǒtelleries,grandes résidences)

be quick and forceful

as smooth as a millpond

bare one's heart(open up one's heart)