keep strictly the rules for reward and punishment

apply mechanically

make the wishes of the higher authorities known to those below(transmit an order from above)

literary family

be hard to live up to a great reputation(be hard to match the fame)

overcautious (shrink with cold )

hatch a sinister plot

be in a dilemma(be afraid to go on and unable to get down as one who rides on a tiger)

the way to become wealthy(a way of earning money)

absolutely refuse to repent

carry all before one

run around on sinister intentions

say one and it never becomes two

give up one's life for righteousness(prefer honour to life)

wait for death with tied hands

die without a grudge(die happy)

be who first introduced the practice of burying wooden image with dead(initiator of evil)

be fully competent(prove more than equal to the task)

be in a critical moment

risk one's life for another