Carved out of ice
Carved ice, carved decay, Chinese vocabulary, pronunciation is l ò UB ī ngdi ā oxi ǔ, meaning carving ice and rotten wood. It's a metaphor for working in vain. It comes from preface to the biography of scholars in northern history.
It's very important for us to learn how to make a living
Chinese PinYin : lòu bīng diāo xiǔ
Carved out of ice
things of the present are right and those of the past are wrong. jīn shì zuó fēi
full of empty phrases on a scrap of paper. mǎn zhǐ kōng yán
extort excessive taxes and levies. hèng zhēng bào fù
surpass ten years of reading. shèng dú shí nián shū