economize on food and clothing

body gone and reputation ruined

swear not to stop(pledge oneself not to give up)

a solemn pledge of love

conscienceless

triplicity(the Three in One)

bear the palm

unacceptable to one's sense of propriety of justice(be hardly justifiable)

get up early and go to bed late

humiliate the country and forfeit its sovereignty

born at a wrong time(be born in advance of one's times)

big in stature and eminent in virtue without comparison

fail to meet sb. by a narrow

for the birds(not interesting; dull; silly; foolish; stupid)

a situation of tripartite confrontation

fleeting

full of spirit and energy

abmirably wonderful

always keep each other's company

run riot