parallel construction of pairs of four - and six-character sentences

settle a given question on a single authority - dìng yú yī zūn

still water runs deep - dà zhì rú yú

tens of thousands of - chéng qiān shàng wàn

carp - pī máo qiú cī

Engrave the skin and carve out the bone - míng fū lòu gǔ

Jin uses Chucai - jìn yòng chǔ cái

deliberately embellish the facts - yǒu zhī tiān yè

Singing and singing - luán gē fèng chuí

fluent - kǒu jiǎo shēng fēng

Cold mountain water - shān hán shuǐ lěng