complete darkness

Hidden glory - qián guāng nì yào

Enough food and enough soldiers - zú bīng zú shí

No surprise - biān chén bù jīng

unshakable - léi dǎ bù dòng

everything is going smoothly - yī fán fēng shùn

death of a sage - shān tuí mù huài

advance by an inch but retreat by a foot -- to lose much more than what one gets - jǐn cùn tuì chǐ

make still further progress - bǎi chǐ gān tóu

cancel once for all - yī bǐ gōu duàn

condescend oneself to contact with people of humble status - qū gāo jiù xià