an arrow at the end of its flight

too many cooks

without parallel in history

gap between two harvests

be well…matched

unending changes

spend one's whole fortune

makeshift(pis aller; shake-up; stopgap)

in case the sky should fall

lick somebody's boots(flatter somebody in a hundred and one ways)

extremely beautiful

exotic flowers and rare herbs(strange flowers and grasses)

imperial envoy

clever talk and an ingratiating manner

roll up horse and foot(The whole army is destroyed.)

pain one's friends and please one's enemies(grieve one's own people and gladden the enemy)

hold pace with(keep in step with)

to wage war frequently

comcentrate the whole energy upon

pupil exceis teacher