Rhetoric

travel light

appear in all one's ugliness(give a penetrating description)

Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孙悟空in the novel Journey to the West 西游记

a multitude of things(too many things to attend to)

Turn the tables on others

Popular feeling ran high.(Public feeling is aroused.)

curl up one's leg and wait

beg the gods and ask of the diviner(seek divine advice)

multiplied security

be on the tiptoe of expectation

really(be beyond all dispute; be past all doubt)

think over and over again

establish credibility among others(win confidence)

intermarry by several marriages between families(marry within the clan)

lead an irregular life

defy heaven and earth

hatred that cuts the bone

trifle(rope yarn; Mickey Mouse)

to catch bandits first catch the ringleader