have an uninterrupted career of advancement

Bribery goes hand in hand - huì lù bìng xíng

Jifan Zhiju - shí fán zhì jù

Songs of Chu - chǔ gē sì miàn

make the country rich and its military force efficient - fù guó qiáng bīng

know something of everything but not everything of something - wú shǔ zhī jì

the vicissitudes of official life - huàn hǎi fú chén

as easy as burning hair and crushing dry weeds - liǎo fà cuī kū

a blazing prairie fire - liáo yuán liè huǒ

It's rain above the wind - shàng yǔ páng fēng

be in the centre of the axle -- hold an important official post - dāng zhóu chǔ zhōng