operatic actors(theatrical performers)

make concerted efforts

hopping and skipping

Catch a glimpse of

become an outlaw(take to be green-wood )

be a Confucian renegade(depart from the right way)

wander about(on the move)

the scene of late spring

honest(law-abiding)

be quite up on

Innocent

On acquiring wealth, don't use improper means.

give somebody work suited to his abilities

dissolute and wanton women(sexy girls)

Act according to one's capability

intelligible even to a senile woman

the grapevine(town talk)

go out of one's way to enlist the services of the talented and the learned

procced in a steady stream

corrupt officials