1.  鐵石心腸  cruel and unrelenting
2.  置死地于后生  a vigorous and manly exertion
3.  千秋功業(yè)a great undertaking of lasting importance
4.  安居樂業(yè)live in peace and work happily
5.  骨肉分離family separation
6.  各得其所be properly provided for
7.  眾議紛紜disagree on
8.  歲月不居，來日苦短Time does not stay is brief is the day.
9.  夜長夢多A long delay may mean trouble.
10.  時不我與Time and tide wait for no man.
11.  依時順勢keep up with the tide
12.  日漸沒落being pushed out of business
13.  鷸蚌相爭play A off against B
14.  浩然之氣noble spirit
15.  鳳毛麟角a rarity of the rarities
16.  望而生畏stand in awe before
17.  敬而遠(yuǎn)之keep respectfully aloof from
18.  眾矢之的in the dock
19.  毫無瓜葛be divorced from
20.  爾虞我詐sheer cunning and falsehood
21.  備受推崇be rewarded and respected
22.  善有善報，惡有惡報the good inevitably is successful and the bad inevitably punished
23.  其樂融融sweetness and light
24.  義無反顧feel obliged to
25.  物美價廉a(chǎn)ttractive in price and quality
26.  源源不斷keep flowing in a steady stream
27.  滾滾不息pour into
28.  福祉well-being
29.  精華quintessence
30.  陰霾specter
31.  勢不兩立pit sth against sth
32.  打折扣wear thin / water down
33.  大展宏圖score big points
34.  重整旗鼓shock sth back to life
35.  不謀而合coincide with
36.  染指dip one’s finger in
37.  博大精深both extensive and profound
38.  源遠(yuǎn)流長long-standing and well-established
39.  諸子百家the masters’ hundred schools
40.  天下為公All under heaven are equal.
41.  天下興亡，匹夫有責(zé)Everybody is responsible for the fate of his country.
42.  吃苦耐勞bear hardships
43.  勤儉持家frugality in household management
44.  尊師重教respect teachers and value education
45.  當(dāng)務(wù)之急highest priority
46.  遭受重創(chuàng)take a heavy toll
47.  先見之明prescient move
48.  奇園古宅exotic gardens and old mansions
49.  衣食住行clothing, food, shelter and transportation
50.  信誓旦旦be poised to