| 敌众我寡 | di2 zhong4 wo3 gua3 | heavily outnumbered |
| 斗转星移 | dou3 zhuan3 xing1 yi2 | time flies |
| 旁鹜 | pang2 wu4 | to be inattentive |
| 无心插柳柳成阴 | wu2 xin1 cha1 liu3 liu3 cheng2 yin1 | also written 無心æ’柳柳æˆè”æ— å¿ƒæ’柳柳æˆè« |
| 旡 | ji4 | choke on something eaten |
| 明邃 | ming2 sui4 | glistening and piercing |
| 星移斗转 | xing1 yi2 dou3 zhuan3 | time flies |
| 昡 | xuan4 | relaxed |
| 普及到 | pu3 ji2 dao4 | to become popular to the extent that |
| 曲肱而枕 | qu1 gong1 er2 zhen3 | fig. content with simple things |
| 服辩 | fu2 bian4 | written confession |
| 朱厚照 | zhu1 hou4 zhao4 | Zhu Houzhao, personal name of tenth Ming emperor æ£å¾·[Zheng4 de2] (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521 |
| 朽蠹 | xiu3 du4 | to decay and be eaten by worms etc |