A change of life

Stop eating when you're choking - jiàn yē fèi shí

It's easy - bù fèi chuī huī zhī lì

I'm old and tired - jī sù lěi jiù

It's just plain sailing - gěng fàn píng piāo

all neglected tasks are being undertaken - bǎi fèi xián jǔ

frequent houses of ill-fame - zǒu mǎ zhāng tái

Shu Brocade and Wu Ling - shǔ jǐn wú líng

shudder with fear - ròu tiào xīn jīng

neither fish nor fowl - bù lún bù lèi

have one 's name inscribed on the pagoda of the wild goose -- to have attained the doctor 's degree - yàn tǎ tí míng