not to be taken as a precedent

to rank as a masterpiece throughout the ages - qiān gǔ jué chàng

Go through the motions - zǒu guò chǎng

Turn the sea back to the sky - zhuǎn hǎi huí tiān

be distinguished from one's kind - xiù chū bān háng

Rainband tobacco - yǔ tiáo yān yè

Pull the flag of Shun Feng - chě shǔn fēng qí

coins heavy and words sweet - bì zhòng yán gān

thinking sth. of no importance - dōng fēng guò ěr

try by various tricks to find favour with - chuǎi hé féng yíng

make a clarion call - dēng gāo yī hū