with luxuriant foliage

talk cheerfully and humorously - tán yì fēng shēng

Singing and dancing - luán gē fèng wǔ

settle a given question on a single authority - dìng yú yī zūn

Red and purple - lù hóng yān zǐ

You can't get one in a hundred - bǎi bù huò yī

different categories of rainfall intensity and wind scales - wǔ fēng shí yǔ

Cut corners - suō yī jié kǒu

Talk about misfortunes and blessings - wàng tán huò fú

make still further progress - bǎi zhàng gān tóu

appraise oneself too highly - gāo zì biāo zhì