Ministry of Education《Dictionary of Chinese Idioms》

to be stubborn and conservative

to break one's promise

self-sufficiency

to covet all the advantages

to welcome and support a leader

to lead a simple life

to have too many fears to be overcautious to be full of misgivings

the weakest goes to the wall

to eat and swallow foods urgentlyto go to every expedient to meet an urgent need

to offer a meal or benefit in contempt

to retrench to be thrifty in daily spending

to devote all one's energies to get along with people

good clothes and rich food

rich and sumptuous