come straight to the point without the slightest hesitation

I don't know - shén bù zhī guǐ bù jué

as one can imagine - kě xiǎng ér zhī

join together in practising fraud - tōng tóng zuò bì

many officials and dignitaries - guān gài rú yún

surpass ten years of reading - shèng dú shí nián shū

ancient sages - gǔ shèng xiān xián

cause extreme worry and distress - xuán cháng guà dù

Wuchang remnant bamboo - wǔ chāng shèng zhú

To err in vain - wǎng kān xū zhāo

the fallen grass and sinking cesspool - piāo yīn luò hùn