alone and helpless

(of high disciplined troops) not commit the slightest offence against the civilians

judge the comparative importance(weigh the comparative importance)

have one's hands clean

expect things to be perfect

be of a mind(pull together)

serve like a dog and a horse

make light of money and lay store on justice

a thousand cliffs and ten thousand deep ditches

seventy-two metamorphoses(countless changes of tactics)

called a great many times

gain the confidence of the people(win the people's confidence)

incompatible with the accepted code of human conduct

putting the trivial before the important(reverse the order of importance)

pure(stainless; honest; white hand)

make a verse while taking seven steps

A fool may give a wise man counsel.

with many attendants crowding round

break off both ends (leave out the beginning and the end )

(of a young girl)first awakening of love