Compare things by analogy

To be famous in the world - zhī míng dāng shì

speak again and again - shuō qiān shuō wàn

in a disastrous state - qiān chuāng bǎi yí

The month before last - zūn qián yuè xià

Failure is the mother of success - shī bài wéi chéng gōng zhī m

Pick up the best - duō qīng shí zǐ

as if a generation had passed - huǎng rú gé shì

Charmingly naive - hān zhuàng kě jū

Ruins - tuí yuán fèi zhǐ

Wipe a nose of dust - mǒ yī bí zi huī