Insight

steaming hot - rè qì téng téng

have found a clue to sth. - duān ní kě chá

Tongwendali - tōng wén dá lǐ

To make a mess of - pò nà shū gēng

repel foreign aggression - zhé chōng yù wǔ

it ' s a long story - yī yán nán jìn

be - zá luàn wú zhāng

art of war and books on that - liù tāo sān lüè

rich and powerful - fù guì lì dá

flatter sedulously - bǎi bān fèng chéng