A hopeless task

Wait for death

Group by group

crisscross chariot tracks and drooping banners(signs of an army in headlong flight)

Heavy wind and rain

Decide on awards on the basis of merit

To blame

Long way to go

Palmtop view

act shamelessly

Both the branches and leaves spread out

A thorough understanding

Profuse in praise

Pursue pleasure

unable to see the wood for the trees; to mistake the part for the whole; multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅盘经); fig. unable to see the big picture

Be nearing exhaustion

Pretty close

see 只争朝夕

Exemplary conduct and nobility of character

Have a guilty conscience