a married man 's entire family

Bits and pieces of jade - líng zhū suì yù

a scene of utter desolation - chì dì qiān lǐ

Wonderful music - qǔ jìn qí miào

Writing is harmful - zhí wén hài yì

Out of the blue - qǐ tiān zhī lǜ

die a martyr to a just cause - chéng rén qǔ yì

promote a public cause - shǔn fēng ér hū

Hercynian - fǔ bù fú jì

cut the bones between the joints and make use of the momentum to decompose the boneless parts - pī huā dǎo táo

filthy and contemptible - bù chǐ yú rén