Happy and full of ambition

brassbound

the mouth speaking and fingers sketching

get started in life

Lip drop

Try to carve a swan and at least you'll get a duck

swindle and bluff

Crazy friends

Reading enriches the mind.

to say not a word that is not appropriate (idiom); wrongly used for 口不择言

stick and carrot(Generosity and severity complement each other.)

make irresponsible remarks

run around here and there and busy oneself at worldly affairs

bury the literati in pit and burn books

Clasp

In carving a snow goose, one produces a duck.

Lose heart

All misunderstanding has been dispelled.

prelude(a flourish of gongs and drums introducing a theatrical performance)

explain by means of illustration or gesticulation