echo on the mountains and in the valleys

Keep the promise - shǒu yuē shī bó

make one 's family prosper and establish a competency - xīng jiā lì yè

drunken easily - bù shèng bēi sháo

devoid of gratitude - wàng qíng fù yì

To gnaw one's fingers with one's arm - è bì niè zhǐ

to believe everything in books is worse than to have no books at all - jìn xìn shū bù rú wú shū

Time is running out - nián huá thuí mù

circumstances change with the passage of time - shuǐ liú yún sàn

intense darkness without light - àn dàn wú guāng

Taboo of throwing rats - tóu shǔ zhī jì