crisis point(the crunch)

countless ties(innumerable links)

unclear statement or pointless writing of officialese(make a statement but name no names)

pitch-dark(pitch-black)

All streams contend in running.

nonprofit(no profit in it)

waste one's breath

A myriad deaths still leave a margin of his inexpiable guilt.

govern by doing nothing that goes against nature

be blind to all but one's own interest(have an eye to the main chance)

monk with wry mouth

flee at the mere sight of the oncoming force(flee pell-mell at the mere signt)

do what one is capable of

greatly distressed

be at one's wit's end

close in appearance but keep a distance inside

has nothing to fear

There is a sea of heads.

be in the same story(All agree in saying.)

“five stresses and four points of beauty”—requirements for revolutionary culture