First part
In the first part of the article, Chinese idioms, Pinyin is sh à ngpi à NSH à NGL à n, refers to the speech, citing classics, has the basis. From a dream of Red Mansions.
The origin of the idiom: Chapter 85 of Cao Xueqin's a dream of Red Mansions in the Qing Dynasty: "the old ancestor's words are all in the first place. How can he be so lucky?"
First part
the house is nearby but the person is far away - shì ěr rén xiá
Water your back with cold water - lěng shuǐ jiāo bèi
present each other with gifts as a token of love - cǎi lán zèng sháo
the mirror of qin hung on high -- perspicacious decisions in deciding criminal cases - qín jìng gāo xuán
a treaty concluded with the enemy who have reached the city wall - chéng xià zhī méng
unable to distinguish one kind of grain from another - wǔ gǔ bù fēn
the earth trembled and the mountains swayed - dì dòng shān cuī