Cut the tree to the root

a founding father of a country - kāi guó yuán xūn

rub one's eyes and wait - shì mù yǐ dài

investigation reveals no evidence - chá wú shí jù

Accumulation per inch - zhū cùn lèi jī

feel as if a knife were piercing one 's heart - xīn rú dāo gē

I don't know how old I am - bù zhī lǎo zhī jiāng zhì

What can we do - bù nai zhī hé

Painting gourd according to the book - yī běn huà hú lú

No fire without wind - wú fēng bù qǐ làng

To shake one's clothes with a bullet - tán guān zhèn yī