cracking sound(pitapat)

common man and woman(common people)

endure the hardships of a long journey

throw away weapon and armour

Remote villages

fear strong but bluff weak(play the bully)

Become bankrupt

divorce one's spouse

suffering from both poverty and sickness

cravenly cling to life instead of braving death(fear death and covet life)

out of one's wits

adore the rising sun

stand by with folded arms(stand idle)

cracking sound

drift about(live out of a trunk)

fail in the governmental examination

Garrulous and sharp-tongued

Become bankrupt

What is lost is lost.

throw away one's arms and cast aside one's breastplate(throw away weapon and armour)