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faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying)

(idiom) to deliberately create obstacles / to obstruct from behind the scenes / to throw a wrench in the works

to jump into a well to rescue sb else (idiom) / fig. to help others at the risk to oneself

from now on / henceforward

whence? / where from?

have never / has never

there has never been / has never had / (before a verb) has never

economical / modest

preferential treatment / most favored terms

older male second cousin

(dialect) before / in the past / previously

-driven (of mechanism, driven by a component) / slave (wheel, pulley)

clause

minor official / to be an official

to obey an order / to comply / to do sb's bidding / to do as requested

readily following good advice (idiom) / willing to accept other people's views

doing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall (idiom)

strict / rigorous / severely

paternal uncle's son / nephew

to own up to the facts

subordinate

to make movies / to be a movie actor (or actress)

unhurried / all in good time

whatever you like / to do as one pleases

to enlist / to be in the army

to work as a teacher

from morning till night / from dawn to dusk / all day long

employee / person employed in a trade or profession

people in the (aforementioned) industry / practitioner / industry professional

from here on

maternal aunt

paternal uncle

to omit (less important details etc)

to follow the crowd / to conform

to adopt a simplified approach / to keep things simple

not to hurry / to procrastinate / to postpone

(of a slave or servant) to be given one's freedom / (of a prostitute) to marry and leave one's trade

to work as an artist

from the inside to the outside / through and through / thoroughly